Wag the Dog, Robert De Niro Propaganda Analysis
The 1997 film Wag the Dog is analyzed in the context of modern political propaganda and media manipulation. Robert De Niro, who produced and starred in the film as a government fixer, is criticized for his real-world political statements against Donald Trump. The discussion highlights the irony of an actor who portrayed a propaganda specialist seemingly participating in scripted media narratives.
wag the dog· robert de niro· propaganda· hollywood· donald trump· 1997 movie
00:00 Adam Curry, John C. DeVora And Sunday April 9th 2017 this is your award winning GiveMonation Media Assassination Episode Niner One-Niner This is no agenda Watching closely for the wagging of the dog so you don't have to. And broadcasting live from the darkest corners on the internet here in the capital of the drone star state, downtown Austin, Teos. Here in The Morning everybody I'm Adam Curry and from northern Silicon Valley where I think we need a good bombing I'm John C. Dvorak It's Craig Vaughan Buzzkill In the morning! It's interesting that you say that. I had written down my notes for Thursdays show or the last show Actually I've had it written down for couple shows. It's about time we get two things
00:44 Terrorist attack and some new hypey tech gadget or tech thingie that everyone is it and I was right about both What's the hypey tech thing? Yeah, we'll get to it in Tech News. Maybe if we get to it but Last night no Friday night I was able to introduce Tina The Keeper to a No Agenda favorite which we've talked about I'm sure Many people still have not seen it. You need to see this movie and I was happy, I saw it again because I had no idea how many people were in this that are now super superstars." Okay? And that is Wag the Dog! Oh yeah great movie. And...
01:24 So it's Robert De Niro, he is a Gov Fed and because the president is up for re-election he has some sex scandal with 13 year old. Some crazy stuff like that. Yeah, he's the spook! And then he goes to see Dustin Hoffman, The Crazy Producer which by the way pretty much exactly how crazy producers are sometimes in those big houses running around and not giving a crap. I think so. Tina at first you said this is like how you and John always talk on the show? Exactly. Exactly, exactly and as we're watching this he says wait a minute because this is also this movie was produced by Robert De Niro by Tribeca Films And what's the date on this movie just so we can get that straight? 1997 20 years old This movie is 20 years old an already everything and they were still using blue screen
02:14 for Chroma Key effects, before green screen became the norm. So they give you any idea but what Tina got upset was that wait a minute so De Niro produced this movie he stars in this movie he clearly understands the idea of propaganda being done through Hollywood otherwise you don't make this movie exactly but yet a year ago or less than a year ago This was the video that de niro released I mean he's so blatantly stupid He's a punk. He's a dog, he's a pig, he's a con, a b****
02:50 artist, a mutt who doesn't know what he's talking about. Doesn't do his homework, doesn't care thinks he is gaming society, doesn't pay taxes He is an idiot Colin Powell said it best. He is national disaster. He is embarrassment to this country It makes me so angry that this country has gotten to this point That this fool, this bozo has wound up where he has He talks how he wants to punch people in the face Well, I'd like to punch him in the face. This is somebody that we want for president? I don't think so What i care about is the direction of this country and what im very very worried about Is that it might go in the wrong direction
03:31 with someone like Donald Trump. Now when I listen to this again, the two things i notice one is it is exactly the same cadence and timbre of voice that he used when he was the government spook in the movie now maybe does that all the time because i have to look at all these movies but this is very very similar so either a he's a moron and forgot all about wag the dog or And this was my kind of my favorite part of Wag the Dog, not so much the video trickery but when they were calling up during the press. The White House spokeshole is doing a daily press briefing and they call him up and say okay have them say this and the guy touches his earpiece briefly you know like the sweaty Shawn version
04:14 And he says whatever they have to say, and then De Niro launches this. He explains it to the PR department. The way you gotta do it is you gotta say look I don't- This has nothing to do with the B3 bomber project! Nothing at all! Of course there's no B3 bomber projects. It was launching these false memes... Launching the memes. Maybe that's what he intended to do here? That he was actually in that role trying to do a little bit of Wag the Dog I have no idea what he was up to when he did that. I think it's still up for interpretation, but I like your thought that he is in the same cadence because when he is on talk shows or any place else, he doesn't talk with that... That is definitely a scripted message that he is acting for some reason why was he doing it? And it was extreme! It wasn't like Rosie O'Donnell or even Joy Behar and these people just going off on Trump
