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In reply to the discussion: I'm in the mood to watch a good political movie....suggestions? [View all]tblue37
(65,227 posts)Alda is an idealistic young pol who works his way to a position of power, but in order to get there, he has to compromise and trade this for that, to the point where he has trapped himself and is so blocked on all sides that he can't do any of the good things he sought power to accomplish.
In the movie, Tynan falls into an affair with a campaign aide (Streep) despite genuinely loving his wife (Harris). But that situation is a red herring, only a superficial embodiment of the concept of his seduction, since it is his slide into political compromise and the abandonment of his ideals that is the real seduction the title refers to.
The Seduction of Joe Tynan is one of my favorite political movies.
Another possibility: If you have not yet seen Bulworth (1998, Warren Beatty & Halle Berry), I like that one, too.