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Robin Williams plays a populist television host who runs for president in the 2006 Barry Levinson film MAN OF THE YEAR. The actor's superb, often funny performance commands attention, carrying the film despite its plot devices too weak for the viewer to suspend disbelief.
Today's corporation-dominated media would make it difficult for a pro-working class host such as the MAN OF THE YEAR character Williams portrays to even get a shot on television. Moneyed interests sycophants dominate T.V. discourse, as the objectives of media owners such as General Electric (NBC) and Viacom (CBS) oppose what's best for the people.
MAN OF THE YEAR addresses computerized voting, depicting the election that awards the White House to the talk show host as a programming malfunction. It does not deal with computerized voting's greater problems: Vote-rigging and the interest conflicts of companies with ties to the Republican Party obtaining voting system contracts.
In 2004, historically flawless exit polls predicted John Kerry winning the presidential election. Yet the official vote count went to George W. Bush. MAN OF THE YEAR does not attend to the questions the corporate media would have raised with a populist candidate defying exit polls. Of course, as the moneyed interest man Bush was the '04 "winner," the corporate media let it slide. (See the Mark Crispin Miller book FOOLED AGAIN for more information about the corrupt 2004 presidential vote count.)
MAN OF THE YEAR depicts the T.V. host debating the Democratic and Republican candidates on television. It is hard to believe that the presidential debates, which the Republican and Democratic parties have controlled since 1996, would allow another person to participate.
Regarding the subjects of marital infidelity and drug abuse, MAN OF THE YEAR includes jokes referring to Bill Clinton's fling but offers no wisecracks about George W. Bush's drinking and drugging problems.
Corporate media buffoons such as Chris Matthews play themselves in MAN OF THE YEAR. Well, they sure know how to read a script.
Even more noteworthy than Robin Williams is Jeff Goldblum as the computerized voting firm's executive goon. Despite Mr. Goldblum's familiar soft-spoken presence, he projects a frightening level of menace that makes MAN OF THE YEAR worth viewing even if there were nothing else good about the film.
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"Man of The Year" is typical Robin Williams. Not that that is a bad thing, mind you. I have been a fan of Williams since the "Mork and Mindy" days. He has proven himself a capable actor, from his comfortable comedic roles, to drama and the occasional suspense/thriller.
In "Man of The Year", he puts politics under the microscope for all to see, with tongue firmly in cheek. The film addresses the myriad faults of our political system. It also interjects the idea of honesty, and what a problem honesty can cause. I find this particularly funny, because "We The People" expect this from our elected officials, yet allow flagrant dishonesty to thrive, election after election. In this instance, we see just how incapable our elected officials are at coping with the very ideal that sent them to Washington in the first place!
Laura Linney is also very good in this film. She plays an analyst for a software company that becomes embroiled in the election campaign for William's character. I believe Laura Linney is one of those actors that have been passed over, time after time, remaining just under the radar. I have seen her in a ton of films, and she deserves some recognition for her performances.
Christopher Walken. What more needs to be said? He has played good guys, bad guys, and everything in between, from drama, to comedy. The role he plays in "Man of The Year" puts him squarely in a wheelchair. A strange place for one of the most energetic actors in Hollywood!
Here is a film that shows Robin Williams doing what he does best, and very comfortable doing it. Anyone seeing this film should not let party affiliation affect how this film is "judged". after all, it IS a funny film, and politics is funnier still, so sit back and enjoy!
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Robin Williams has a proven track record in comedy and in serious roles (such as Awakenings). I think the writers on this venture were trying to take Pat Paulsen's role on The Smothers Brothers to the next level. I know many younger folks aren't familiar with the sixties show, so let me bring you up to snuff.
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From Wikipedia: In 1967, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premiered. Paulsen said he was hired because he sold them cheap songs and would run errands. At first he was cast as their editorialist, and his deadpan, double-talk comments on the issues of the day propelled him into the national consciousness. (His deadpan work was nearly flawless: on one isolated occasion, in a talk about Hawaii, he defined a wahine as something you put on a bu-hun with lots of mu-hustard. His composure started to crack, but he recovered.) His work on The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour earned Paulsen an Emmy in 1968.[1] Early in 1969, Paulsen headlined his own series, Pat Paulsen's Half A Comedy Hour, which ran 13 weeks on ABC. Guests on the first show were former Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey and an animated Daffy Duck, the latter of whom was interiewed by Paulsen.
The comedian was approached by the Smothers Brothers with the idea of running for President in 1968. His reply, he was later to recount, was: "Why not? I can't dance -- besides, the job has a good pension plan and I'll get a lot of money when I retire."
Paulsen's campaign that year, and in succeeding years, was grounded in comedy, while not bereft of serious commentary. He ran the supposed campaigns using obvious lies, double talk, and tongue-in-cheek attacks on the major candidates, and responded to all criticism with his catch phrase "Picky, picky, picky". His campaign slogan was "Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny."
Paulsen's name appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire for the Democratic Primary several times. In 1996 he received 921 votes (1%) to finish second to President Bill Clinton (76,754 votes). In 1992 he came in second to George Bush in the North Dakota Republican Primary.
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Pat Paulsen was never serious and I think "Man Of The Year" was trying to show what might have been, had he been serious.
Do I have buyer's remorse...uh, huh! Steer clear and watch it for free on cable.
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I love this movie. When Robin Williams is allowed to be
himself he is terrific.
I am an unabashed liberal, so everything in here speaks
directly to me and to my friends and family as well!
Furthermore without paper back this kind of thing could
actually happen!
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This is a great movie. Robin Williams is a great comedian and actor. This movie mixes some great political coverup drama and comedy very well. Robin acts very well and is a very likable charachter. The movie is very intriguing as well as rather funny.
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