Sunday, August 3, 2014
Wayde Hall - Wag the Dog
I chose the book Wag the Dog by Larry Beinhart. Wag the Dog begins with a political scandal in the White House leading to the loss of votes to President Bush. To prevent the loss of an election advisers then hire a film director from Hollywood to distract and lead the voters toward Bush by fabricating a war. The ideas and schemes that weave between fiction and nonfiction used to get Bush back into the election will simply blow you away. Especially the use of Operation Desert Storm. The simple unexpected use of words and events captured my weakness for something new and exciting and pulled me in from the start.
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I think Beinhart was also trying to make a statement about the thought process and deceit that politicians seem to practice so often. Super interesting what you said about the weave between fiction and nonfiction. -amy butler
I love this post because it emphasizes the deception and underhanded tactics that the book attempts to convey. -Tony Ichite period 2
I wish I read a fictional book that was written after 1900. It probably would've been much easier to read and more interesting.
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