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Speeches That Influenced the World

Alan Whiticker

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Speeches that Defined the World is a collection of the most potent and memorable speeches throughout...

Land and Hydropolitics in the Nile River Basin: Challenges and New Investments

Anders Jagerskog, Emil Sandstrom and Terje Oestigaard

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The Nile River Basin supports the livelihoods of millions of people in Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and...

The Dumbest Things Ever Said

Steven Price

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A collection of stupid utterances, mostly unintentional--although not always--from politics, show...

Istanbul: A Cultural and Literary History

Peter Clark

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With its location as a port, Istanbul has always absorbed ideas, people and styles from north,...

The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies

Alexander Zahlten

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In The End of Japanese Cinema Alexander Zahlten moves film theory beyond the confines of film...

French Wine: A History

Rod Phillips

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For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France remains...

Dangerous Digestion: The Politics of American Dietary Advice

E. Melanie DuPuis

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Throughout American history, ingestion (eating) has functioned as a metaphor for interpreting and...

Erika (17788 KP) rated Vice (2018) in Movies

Jan 8, 2019

Vice (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama

6.7

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Was I supposed to be shocked and appalled?

I saw this movie nearly two weeks ago, and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. There was something very Shakespearean about it in general, and when there were soliloquies being recited.
I mean, was I supposed to be shocked about what went on with Cheney? Did people love this film because they felt like it revealed a ton that apparently isn't general knowledge? I don't really understand the hype, nor the 'unbelievably' in the whole story, but I also worked in politics for a bit and studied history, so nothing surprised me.
If you don't know much about politics, I guess it would be mind-blowing. To me, this was completely over-hyped, and the only reason it's getting so much press is because Christian Bale got fat again.