Blog 10: Charlie Wilson's War

I was excited when I found out we would be watching "Charlie Wilson's War" in class because I had never seen it yet only heard good reviews. It was set in the 1980s without certain technologies that we have today. Charlie Wilson would not get away with half the stunts he pulled today. I believe that he would be thrown out of office is the public knew the other side. Charlie Wilson was a womanizer and heavy drinker. The media would be able to capture this easily with the cameras on our cell phones. Anybody could take a picture of this and simply use it as black male. Charlie Wilson was partying with the wrong people and would have gotten him into trouble today. We see many professional athletes today hanging around bad crowds and eventually getting caught up. The movie opened up with Charlie in a hot tub surround by strippers and cocaine. In the end, it would be interesting to see a person in the United States House of Representatives act like Charlie Wilson today.