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Country Boys and City Slickers Country Boys: – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – All the King’s Men (1949) – A Face in the Crowd (1957) – Being There (1979) City Slickers – Citizen Kane (1941) – The Candidate (1972) – Bob Roberts (1992) – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
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Bulworth (1998) Is Jay Bulworth a country boy or city slicker? An older Jim McKay (The Candidate 1972) A younger Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’s Senator Paine How is Bulworth slick?
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Themes in Bulworth Power corrupts – All the King’s Men (1949) – A Face in the Crowd (1957) – Citizen Kane (1941) Corruption in Politics – All the King’s Men
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Themes in Bulworth The Power of the Media, for good and bad – A Face in the Crowd (1957) – Meet John Doe (1941) – Bob Roberts (1992) Liberal Values – Socialized medicine – Government regulations
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Themes in Bulworth All we need is one good guy (sort of) – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) – Gladiator (2000) – Being There (1979) Assassination – Parallax View (1974) – Bob Roberts (1992) – All the King’s Men (1949) – The Manchurian Candidate
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Race, Gender, and Politics How is race dealt with in Bulworth? Is the way race is dealt with problematic? How is gender dealt with? Is it problematic?
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Which is better, City Slickers or Country Boys? - Good city slickers: Bulworth, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Man who Killed Liberty Valance, The Candidate - Bad city slickers: Bob Roberts, Senator Paine (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), Meet John Doe - Good country boys: Mr. Smith, Young Mr. Lincoln - Bad country boys: All the King’s Men, Silver City, A Face in the Crowd,
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