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Wag The Dog Analysis

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Wag the Dog, a film directed by Barry Levinson, is about the media’s fabrication of war. The main character in the movie, Conrad Brean- a top ranking public relations executive, is brought in to take all the negative attention away from the President. During this election, the President is facing hard judgement from voters because of sexual misconduct allegations. Conrad Brean decided that in order to turn all the attention away from the President, the media representatives needed to make up a war against Albania. These media analysis professionals are able to put together fake footage and create songs that display the war against Albania. Several media models are found in Wag the Dog, two being the Meme and the Spectacle. Memes are ideas or

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