Michael Cieply: From Campaign Flicks To ‘Civil War,’ The Political Genre Has Followed Us Down – Deadline

                By <a href="https://deadline.com/author/michael-cieply/"><span>Michael Cieply</span></a>             <br>Executive Editor<br>    I&rsquo;m not overly fond of politics. Given a choice, I&rsquo;d rather talk food, or faraway places.<br>   But I do have a weakness for political films &mdash; or, more precisely, films about political campaigns.<br>   The best of them have been sharp, often witty, and self-aware to the point of cynicism. <em>Bulworth</em>. <em><a  href="https://deadline.com/tag/the-campaign/"  id="auto-tag_the-campaign"  data-tag="the-campaign"  >The Campaign</a></em>. <em>Wag the Dog</em>. <em>Primary Colors</em>. <em>Dave</em>.<br>    As a genre, they tend toward satire, if not broad comedy. In one of my favorites, David Gordon Green&rsquo;s <em>Our Brand Is Crisis</em>, two inimical American political consultants corrupt Bolivian politics by transplanting our worst habits to foreign shores. It&#8217;s painfully funny stuff.     <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="1">                <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article1-uid0"         class="adw-1 adh-1" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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