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Frank Capra portrayed a highly dysfunctional American political system. In Frank Capra's vision, politicians are a venal lot, often under the control of corrupt political bosses who have amassed the power to control industry and the media, which in turn gives them the power to reward their friends, and punish their enemies, at will and with impunity. Capra's vision also portrayed ordinary citizens as willing, at least to some extent, to rise up in protest to these wrongs.

Frank Capra portrayed a highly dysfunctional American political system. In Frank Capra's vision, politicians are a venal lot, often under the control of corrupt political bosses who have amassed the power to control industry and the media, which in turn gives them the power to reward their friends, and punish their enemies, at will and with impunity. Capra's vision also portrayed ordinary citizens as willing, at least to some extent, to rise up in protest to these wrongs.

Many Americans today believe that American political institutions are even more dysfunctional today than Frank Capre portrayed them as being. They have formed the [[Tax Day Tea Party]] movement, and have made appearances in "town hall meetings" that have played out in a fashion quite similar to the scene in this film of the citizens loudly rejecting Governor Hopper's original choice of Horace Miller to replace the late Sam Foley in the Senate.

Many Americans today believe that American political institutions are even more dysfunctional today than Frank Capra portrayed them as being. They have formed the [[Tea Party Movement]], and have made appearances in "town hall meetings" that have played out in a fashion quite similar to the scene in this film of the citizens loudly rejecting Governor Hopper's original choice of Horace Miller to replace the late Sam Foley in the Senate.

=== Political reality ===

=== Political reality ===