If you want to understand how corrupted the US has become, watch the 1993 political comedy "Dave".

[DetlefK]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106673/

The plot:

It starts with light-hearted shenanigans when a guy is hired to impersonate the President to cover up his extra-marital affair.

It ends with the President being implicated in a financial scandal, which triggers national outrage, condemnations and calls for resignation.

The scandal is resolved when the protagonists face the accusations head-on, take responsibility and produce documents that show what really happened.





This is absolutely quaint and unrealistic for two reasons:

1. Nobody gives a shit anymore whether the President committed financial fraud.

2. A real President would attack the press, he would call the allegations a witch-hunt, he would sabotage the investigations, install a lackey as Attorney-General and then declare himself exonerated.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Minor correction

Nobody would care about a financial scandal...unless there is a Republican Congress and a Democratic President.

Then suddenly it will become the greatest crime of all time, even if there’s no merit at all to it. Remember Whitewater?

I did enjoy the Dave movie, though. I remember watching them film a scene at an Orioles baseball game.

[zanana1]

2. I saw that movie.

It was naive, but a little funny.

[drbtg1]

3. Thoroughly enjoyed that movie. Many great political cameos too.

One cameo that really stands out was absolutely hysterical. I won't ruin it for anybody that hasn't seen it, but it was the one opposite Larry King!

[Aristus]

4. The movie doesn't say it explicitly, but hints very strongly that Bill Mitchell is a Republican.

There was lot of snickering over the movie at the time it was released, President named Bill, cheats on his wife, wife is a strong independent person with a cool relationship with her husband...they were talking about Bill Clinton.

But the movie makes it clear that Bill Mitchell is a Republican. All of his political allies are from the GOP, and all of his opponents are Democrats.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. That was an enjoyable movie

Unrealistic but good. One funny scene when one of the SS was mumbling under his breath to Kevin Kline who was waiting for him in his office but he couldn't understand him so he had to say it out loud "The vice president, sir!". LOL.