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Widely described as "Hollywood's response to the …
Michael and Us · Luke Savage and Will Sloan
September 6, 202353m 57sExplicit
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Show Notes
Widely described as "Hollywood's response to the Lewinsky scandal," THE CONTENDER (2000) imagines a Vice Presidential confirmation process derailed by sexism and moral prudishness. We excavate some Oscar bait from the very tail end of the Clinton Era and find... yes, another Politics Movie™.
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