Ep. 82 Wag the Dog (1997)

A spin doctor (De Niro), a White House Staffer (Heche) and a Hollywood Producer (Hoffman) plot their next move to support a sham conflict with Albania in 1997's "Wag the Dog."

Two weeks before the general election- a spin doctor joins forces with a Hollywood producer and his team of marketing gurus to create a sham war to distract the public from a sex scandal the incumbent finds himself embroiled in. Join Chris as he digs into embedded media, the first Gulf War, & weird family movie nights, as the LSCE screens the Barry Levinson 1997 eerily prescient satire “Wag the Dog.” Join us!

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