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(New York Post) - If you’re flummoxed by the current political landscape — one that sees self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders and Spy-proclaimed short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump at or near the top of polls in both of the first two primary and caucus states — you should check out a couple of movies currently in multiplexes: “The Big Short” and “13 Hours.”
Both films chronicle failures of the government. Both films are deeply critical of the status quo without doubling as overly partisan broadsides. And both films appeal to different, but similarly frustrated, audiences who view the political system as broken and the game of life as rigged.
“The Big Short” is likely to appeal to the Bernie Bros: those idealistic, socialistic sorts who see the concentration of wealth in the hands of a very few people as the root of all our evils...
“13 Hours,” meanwhile, is the sort of film that is sure to infuriate everyone who thinks we need to Make America Great Again. Michael Bay’s tale of six brave men struggling against bureaucratic cowardice and incompetence in order to save the life of an ambassador stuck at an indefensible compound has found a disproportionate share of its ticket buyers in red states....Read more.
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