Wag The Dog Drew Comparisons To Clinton’s Presidency
The 1997 black comedy Wag The Dog stars Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Denis Leary and William H. Macy. Based loosely on the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart, the film centers on a Washington, D.C., publicist who hires a movie producer to invent a fake war in Albania to distract voters from a sex scandal just days before an election. The movie hit theaters about one month before the Monica Lewinsky scandal made headlines and the Clinton administration bombed the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. Subsequently, many couldn’t help but notice the parallel between the film and real-world events.
