Film Analysis: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Jimmy Stewart shines in the movie “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” where he plays a young man named Mr. Smith whose principles challenge Washington’s politics and the their partnership with the media. Mr. Smith, the U.S senator, turns against the man he admires the most, since he found him less than admirable, and does an unfamiliar political move, he fights for what he believes in. After the death of Senator Foley, the media goes into a frenzy reporting the headlining news and trying to figure out what actions will take place in the days to come. Jim Taylor who controls the state along with the lawmakers, orders Hopper to appoint an interim senator to fill out Foley’s term. Since Taylor has proposed a pork barrel bill to finance a dam at Willet
It was gritty, dark, with bribery, corruption, and fouled campaigns, right to the point by reveling how dark our politics are in the United States. Today, we still see our own Illinois politicians who resemble Senator Paine, who compromises his ethics in order to accomplish some greater good that also brings great profits to him and friends. Yet, for every politician that lied or went to jail the next one comes in with the promise to shake things up. Failed promises to make big changes and yet they succumb to the same bureaucracy as many of our politicians do. However, lets not forget about oil lobbyists who keep alternative fuels from being pursued, or how tobacco lobbyists push to keep the truth about addiction from the public, and of course the corruption of our pharmaceutical industry, and our politicians who took monetary gifts for personal advancement. Therefore, have we learned anything from “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” or have we pocketed the conversations it for now? With an election every few years someone new comes along to make us think changes are coming and the media plays a strong role in our citizens views. How else would Donald Trump be staying in his top rankings this elections, is it his honesty, his own financial backing, or perhaps the younger generation actually know who is running for a change since they grew up with him on