Wag the Dog

I just want everyone to know that before viewing this movie I was thinking of a dog wagging its tail and it started out with a quote that went directly with what I was thinking!Why does the dog wag its tail? because the dog is smarter then the tail. If the tail were smarter it would wag the dog. Also because I read the words and pictured a dog it could be a form of visual literacy.Happy reading!

What do you feel the director is trying to express in this movie?

I noticed that authority played a big part in this movie. It almost stood out to me. I am thinking that the director wanted the give the audience a challenge. As soon as I read this I was like how is that even possible? and why would he want to start a movie with this quote, but then I got to thinking hey maybe he wanted me to question his thinking.

Explain of you think the director's ethnic background played a role in directing this film.

Well as I stated Barry does question his viewers in other films just like he did in this one. He usually takes things that are fact and wants to question them. This is just from reading other articles on movies that he has directed.After doing some research I found that Rain Man also has this effect. Tom Cruise finds out he is lied to  and that he has an older brother with mental issues.

Which groups nationality race and color may be offended by this movie?

This is a difficult question to answer.Voters in general may be offended. I do not think that any particular race would take offense to this film.

What did the movie add to my visual literacy?

With all the visuals within this movie and quotes given you would think that they would have applied the technology to editing of this film. I took from this a new view on voting. The visuals throughout the film, made me think about voters that can not always think about voting for themselves.