A Rhetorical Analysis of Six Hollywood Films About Politics: Presenting the Candidate As a Movie Star

This study provides a rhetorical criticism of movies about national politics, with a primary focus on the value judgments, political consciousness and political implications surrounding the films Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Candidate (1972), The Contender (2000), Wag the Dog (1997), Power (1986) and Primary Colors (1998).