WAG THE DOG (1997), A BIZZEE Pick (Commentary on the Death of Osama Bin Laden)

Hello, WORLD!!! For the past few days, we have been overloaded with information on the USA's finally successful hunt for Osama Bin Laden. It took us 10 years to get him though, not to mention the countless lives that were lost on this mission. Was it worth it? I don't know but I bet I can ask some better questions andI will during this review, starting with: Are we just getting Osama now? It seems kinda odd that he was in a mansion when he was killed. We didn't look in any of his homes first? This whole thing incident reminds me of 3 things. First, it reminds me of the time when Jesse Jackson went to Belgrade & rescued those troops during the Kosovo War. I honestly never heard of the country before then and I found it odd that he would choose to do this right in the middle of Bill Clinton's impeachment trial... Second, it reminded me of the USA's first moon landing. It was a great big deal when it happened; now, we can't even proved it happened for real. Lastly, it reminds me of WAG THE DOG, a 1997 movie about a very real President in a very real predictament that dodges all kinds of reprecussions with a very made up war. An American President hires a spin doctor named Conrad Brean (a very mellow Robert DeNiro) for a little smoke & mirrors action. To take the media's attention from his President's indescretions with a underaged girl, Mr Brean decides to fake a war with help from a down & out Hollywood movie producer (played by Dustin Hoffman in his usual manic mode). The plot seems absurd but its quite possible that it could be closer to the truth than anyone ever imagined. It has a great cast that feeds off of the MEET THE FOCKERS costar leads, like Anne Heche as Mr. Brean's assisant & Woody Harrelson as a soldier who becomes the face of heroism but is a little better suited to be the face of the soldiers that war has driven insane. The cast is great together but I think the main selling point of this movie is the dialogue, written by one of my favorite writer's around, David Mamet. This is a must see if not for those above reasons, then just for viewing how easy it is to fool an Ameerican public that's on a witchhunt. A witch hunt is what chasing Osama Bin Laden boiled down to being. Ding Dong; the Witch is dead. Or is he? Or has he been dead for a few years now? Who knows when the truth is so easy to manipulate, right? Or is it?