Film: The Post. This is a compelling film to watch and with such a wonderful cast a pleasure too. Again a different script and story from so many other films made it a joy to sit back and watch a portion of recent history being told by writers of craft and acted out by two greats of the cinema screen Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.
They were supported by a huge cast and those shots of the large office of The Washington Post showed the intensity of the newspaper world. Oh yes, we had drama, some suspense and personal motives and achievements were there in front of us.
You could say that the actions of those in high office were exposed and condemned by this script and it is no different from then until now. Lies have been exposed and now we have ‘fake news’ so called. It is no different for a lie is a lie!
The story of Katherine Graham who inherited The Post on the death of her husband and who showed in that ‘men-only-world’ that she could do it better than them. Every where that she went in her professional capacity she was surrounded by men. It was tough then and still tough now for women in a global world, but maybe it has changed a little. Equality is a fine word easily spoken of, but less so seen in practice. That is not to say that the lack of equality is not seen elsewhere for it exists in many places and some darker than others.
Finally the freedom won by the press then is still a battleground for politicians and journalists. Both of them seem to have a propensity for overstepping the mark.
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