Mr Smith Goes to Washington

Ok... I watched this movie and nothing else major is going on so why not do a movie review?

First - if you've never seen the movie I'll help you out and briefly explain the plot and storyline.

1: Senator dies -needs to be replace

2: Governor told by party boss to replace the vacant spot with a party stooge.

3: Uproar:

4: After a set of weird occurrences Governor picks his kids choice for the spot - Mr. Jefferson Smith (Mr. Smith) who has zippo experience in politics. Party boss's are outraged - but their rage is tampered when they hear that he's oblivious to everything - basically - they think he's dumb and that’s great. In their own words after hearing that Mr. Smith knows nothing... "spread the news he the most qualified senator ever..."

5: Baaa -Baaaaaa....Baaa.... watch the movie yourself...

6: Party boss's learn surprisingly that Mr. Smith has a brain! And even worse a conscience that isn’t for sale. Things go down hill from here...

7: He gets backstabbed... lies start pouring in... demand for his removal from the senate... Filibuster!

8: More filibuster....... reading cookbooks.... after 27 hours of this Mr. Smith faints dramatically...

9: Bad/sort of good/Silver Knight/backstabber/lets just call him a bad guy - runs into the Senate and declares that Senator Smith is innocent, and moreover that he is the bad guy. (I say – what a supprise…)

10: Everybody is happy and live happily ever after...

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Now, wasn't that brief?

The film was made in 1939 so some of the scenes are sort of choppy when it comes to footage. I also found myself using the fast re-forward button to skip over long talks scenes that lasted for-e-v---e-----r--------. Overall it was interesting though - the plot was unpredictable so there was always the element of surprise to be reckoned with unlike some of the movies of those days. Overall (I hate useing the same word twice!) it gets a not too shabby B.

The moral from the movie is filibusters are needed. And sometimes the only causes worth fighting for sometimes are the lost ones. As for the first, I always liked the idea of the filibuster. In fact I’ve actually got to do one!

Last year, when I was attending the four day subversive class on government (Teenpact), I had the opportunity to get up and speak about a bill which a fellow senator had brought up for discussion. The bill which would have made a state-wide holiday in honor of Johnny Damon, Tom Brady, the honorable John Smith Doe, and some Momackoo something was in a heated debate on the senate floor. Some unscrupulous senators even had the gall to call for a vote to cease the discussion of this important bill! I seeing the situation and the angry mobs that were crying out for the destruction…. Baaaa….baaa….baaa… I stood again, “fellow countrymen! Can thou not see the significance that this imperative bill? Can thou not hear Johnny Damon crying out from his grave! Give me this holiday – or give me – death!”...baaaa…. baaaa…

After about twenty minutes my filibuster was over but its ramifications where huge and long lasting. In direct reaction to my speech the bill was voted down by a two thirds majority.

Who says filibusters don’t work?