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The Politics of Aggression
You wouldn't know it from the campaign so far, but we may be living at the end of the age of smashmouth media coverage.
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What has been the most dramatic moment of the campaign for you?
The week after Hillary Clinton lost the South Carolina primary, when all the columnists who’ve been defending the Clintons for 16 years turned as a group to attack them. That actually shocked me.
If you were to make a movie about this year’s race, whom would you cast as Obama, Clinton, and McCain?
Emma Thompson as Hillary, Tim Robbins as Barack Obama, Harvey Keitel as John McCain.
And how would your movie end?
The most shocking ending would be that Hillary Clinton wins. I would have Hillary winning—the final scene being the two Clintons meeting in a board room, each with their attorneys, signing a document and saying something like, “A deal’s a deal. We both fulfilled our ends of the bargain.”
Who has the best political mind in Hollywood?
Warren Beatty—you should call him. He’ll take your call and talk to you about it. I am impressed by his intensity and his enthusiasm, and he’s just a champion talker in general. He’s on the varsity squad.
Who’s the best actor in Washington?
There are very few actors in Washington because people over time come to believe their own lines.
How has the media’s role in this election been different from in others?
I think they spent a lot less time trying to hide their allegiances and their love. The press loves Obama, but it’s deeper than that—you have to have been a ninth-grade boy to understand the love they have for Obama; they’re inflamed.
