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Rodrick Gorden's blog ::... out the new corporate direction... But my direct supervisor du jour came over and ...to go get some food from the meeting room (and of course promptly was startled...






Rodrick Gorden's blog ::... out the new corporate direction... But my direct supervisor du jour came over and ...to go get some food from the meeting room (and of course promptly was startled...










Renowned               filmmaker               D.A.

Pennebaker's               The               War               Room               is               one               of               the               most               famous               of               political               documentaries.

The               subject               is               the               1992               presidential               election,               primarily               the               Bill               Clinton               campaign.

The               film               is               done               in               the               "direct               cinema"               style               closely               associated               with               Pennebaker.

Meaning               there               is               little               or               no               narration,               background,               context,               explanation,               etc.,               except               what               can               be               gleaned               from               the               footage               of               the               subject               matter               itself.

The               camera               takes               you               along               for               the               events               themselves--showing               them               to               you               rather               than               telling               you               about               them--leaving               it               up               to               you               to               interpret               them               and               draw               conclusions               from               them.
               I               have               mixed               feelings               about               this               style.

I               like               the               immediacy               of               it;               I               wouldn't               want               to               just               have               people               talking               about               something               rather               than               being               able               to               see               it               myself.

But               I               don't               think               it               needs               to               be               all               one               or               all               the               other.
               I'd               like               such               footage               to               be               used               rather               than               just               displayed.

I               don't               find               it               insulting               to               my               intelligence               or               manipulative               for               a               filmmaker               to               provide               explicit               answers               to               questions               like               "What               are               we               watching,               and               why               does               it               matter?"               The               material               should               be               illustrative               of               something,               it               should               fit               somewhere               in               an               argument.

As               someone               with               some               college               teaching               experience,               I               suppose               I               think               of               the               ideal               documentary               as               like               a               very               skillful,               logically               organized,               learned               lecture,               only               better               because               of               the               visual               aids               vastly               superior               to               anything               you'd               see               in               a               classroom.
               This               kind               of               documentary               is               the               equivalent               of               getting               the               visual               aids               and               nothing               more.
               As               such               documentaries               go,               though,               this               movie               is               not               particularly               difficult               to               follow.

Most               or               all               of               it               is               in               chronological               order,               it               typically               isn't               too               hard               in               any               given               scene               to               figure               out               what's               going               on,               and               enough               snippets               from               other               contemporaneous               campaign               events               and               broadcast               reports               and               such               are               included               to               give               at               least               some               sense               of               where               what               we're               seeing               of               the               Clinton               folks               fits               in               the               grand               scheme               of               things.
               But               I               still               came               away               feeling               like               this               footage--as               valuable               as               it               can               be--would               function               better               as               a               part               than               a               whole.

I               wanted               to               talk               about               this               material,               or               hear               other               people               talk               about               it,               in               order               to               consider               and               debate               how               to               interpret               this               raw               data               and               what               lessons               to               learn               from               it.
               And               it's               not               as               if               just               because               there's               no               narration               or               other               "extras,"               we're               somehow               getting               unmediated               reality               here.

For               one               thing,               this               isn't               Candid               Camera               we're               talking               about.

Everyone               being               filmed               knows               they're               being               filmed               and               has               agreed               to               be               filmed,               so               what               they're               doing               and               saying               is               tailored               accordingly.

We're               not               really               being               taken               "inside"               the               campaign,               not               fully               anyway.

This               is               George               Stephanopoulos               and               James               Carville               putting               on               a               show,               probably               with               an               eye               toward               improving               their               future               career               prospects.
               I               mean,               I'm               sure               some               of               it's               genuine,               and               sometimes               people               kind               of               forget               about               the               cameras               and               aren't               behaving               much               differently               than               they               would               be               anyway,               but               some               of               it               is               also               phony               to               varying               degrees.
               But               whatever               my               misgivings,               there               are               a               good               number               of               striking               moments               and               interesting               elements               to               this               documentary.
               One               is               that               no               one               seems               "larger               than               life."               I'm               struck               by               how               routinely               when               I               get               somewhat               of               a               more               in               depth               look               at               public               figures,               "successful"               people,               etc.,               they               don't               seem               any               smarter               or               any               better               than               me.

I               don't               have               a               consciousness               of               being               in               the               presence               of               greatness.

I               feel               like               I'm               a               teenager               and               these               are               just               other               nobodies               in               class.
               I'm               at               least               as               likely,               and               probably               more               likely,               to               come               away               from               an               encounter               with               a               "regular"               person               feeling               impressed               or               like               I               could               learn               from               or               emulate               this               person.

Maybe               because               the               rich               and               the               famous,               in               order               to               be               rich               and               famous,               need               to               be               so               focused               on               the               pragmatic               and               amorally               strategic               that               it's               more               the               exception               than               the               rule               when               any               of               them               turn               out               to               be               decent               human               beings,               or               just               evolved               in               any               sense               beyond               being               good               at               "winning."
               Clinton               himself               seems               like               an               OK               guy               in               many               respects               in               this               film,               but               not               someone               to               be               in               awe               of.

If               I               were               with               him,               it               feels               like               it               would               be               natural               to               interact               with               him               as               equals,               not               like               I               would               have               felt,               say,               as               a               child               meeting               the               Heavyweight               Champion               of               the               World.
               And               his               minions--primarily               Stephanopoulos               and               Carville--come               across               even               less               like               big               shots               to               me.

They're               confident               and               they're               calling               the               shots               and               all               that,               but               the               intangibles               just               aren't               there,               not               for               me               anyway.

They're               like               mildly               unpleasant               kids               managing               a               fast               food               restaurant.
               Morally               I               find               campaign               managers               and               strategists               and               such               distasteful.

Even               if               they               genuinely               believe               in               the               ends               they're               seeking               (which               only               some               do,               and               only               to               varying               degrees--there               are               also               plenty               of               mercenaries               in               their               line               of               work),               that               is,               that               the               country               and               the               world               will               be               better               off               if               the               candidate               they're               working               for               wins,               the               means               are               the               usual               spin,               fallacies,               manipulation,               sloganeering,               and               all               the               rest.
               On               the               other               hand,               as               little               as               I               admire               dubious               means               in               pursuit               of               "lesser               of               the               evil"               ends,               it               was               markedly               more               nauseating               to               watch               the               occasional               snippets               of               Mary               Matalin               or               others               on               the               George               Bush               team,               or               even               the               candidate               himself.

That's               more               pure               deceit               and               evil.

Bush               Senior's               reputation               I               think               has               been               enhanced               a               bit               just               by               comparison               with               other               candidates               and               presidents               of               recent               years,               most               notably               the               disastrous               presidency               of               his               son,               but               his               scenes               in               this               film               serve               as               a               reminder               of               what               a               typical               nasty               little               weasel               politician               he               was.
               One               scene               that               stood               out               to               me,               because               it               illustrates               how               corrupt               all               this               is               on               multiple               levels,               is               when               Stephanopoulos               is               on               the               phone               on               the               eve               of               the               election               with               someone               from               a               newspaper               that               is               evidently               considering               whether               to               report               a               rumor               that               Clinton               had               an               illegitimate               baby               with               an               African               American               woman.

He               words               it               carefully,               but               basically               what               he               tells               the               person               is               he'd               be               a               lot               better               off               betting               on               the               side               that's               much               more               likely               to               win.

As               he               notes,               you               can               make               a               bunch               of               people               happy               who               are               going               to               be               out               of               power               after               the               election               anyway,               or               you               can               "do               the               right               thing"               and               know               that               it'll               be               remembered.

He               explicitly               says               he               doesn't               mean               the               person               will               be               rewarded               by               the               party               or               the               new               administration               in               any               kind               of               direct               quid               pro               quo,               but               that               idea               is               certainly               there               in               creepy               implication.
               I               found               it               somehow               intriguing--maybe               partly               in               a               humorous               way               and               partly               in               a               disturbing               way--when               these               guys               are               sitting               around               on               election               day,               knowing               it's               almost               in               the               bag               but               not               wanting               to               celebrate               yet,               and               to               break               the               tension               they               start               ad               libbing               a               Clinton               concession               speech.

As               mostly               Carville               composes               and               recites               it               on               the               spot,               the               others               laugh               along.
               And               it               is               funny               in               a               way.

But               like               I               say,               it's               disturbing               as               well,               in               that               it               sounds               exactly               like               those               speeches               always               sound.

The               fact               that               such               a               speech               can               sound               so               real               without               ever               going               beyond               the               generic,               highlights               the               insincerity               of               the               whole               process.

None               of               it               has               to               do               with               what               the               person's               really               thinking               or               feeling.

It's               all               about               doing               what               "works,"               which               is               often               just               doing               the               expected,               doing               what               you               "have               to               do,"               because               "that's               how               it's               done."               In               this               case,               because               that's               the               ritual               speech               losing               candidates               must               give               to               manifest               that               they've               learned               the               game               and               will               abide               by               its               rules.
               The               movie               on               the               whole               is               certainly               worth               seeing.

I               do               still               think               of               it               more               as               raw               data               (of               what               the               inside               of               a               presidential               campaign               looked               like               during               a               certain               historical               period,               always               with               the               caveat               that               people               were               aware               of               the               cameras               and               able               to               do               some               spinning)               that               should               be               embedded               in               something               larger               that               analyzes               and               explains               more.

It's               a               valuable               starting               point               for               a               historian               or               a               citizen               discussion               group               or               whatever,               not               an               end               point.

You               still               have               to               "do               something"               with               what               the               camera               reveals               from               the               Clinton               campaign,               even               if               the               filmmaker               didn't.




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