Due Tuesday January the 13 Compare and/or Contrast the events of Watergate with the movie "Dick." Must have an clear introduction, body, and conclusion.
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The movie "Dick" has a lot of similarities to the real Watergate scandel involving President Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon. Watergate was a series of political scandals made by members of the Republican party. They tried to get into the Watergate headquarters to gather classified information. However, since the movie was made by the directors of Saturday Night Live, the movie doesn't portray exactly how it went down. It shows a couple of parodies that relate to the movie.
Most of the things that happen in the movie "Dick" are real however they are expressed in a humorous way. One of the things seen in the movie is how Richard Nixon bribes people. He did this to the girls in the movie by allowing them to be his seceret adivisors and making them official "dog walkers". In reality, Richard Nixon did this with money. He paid people to keep silent and this was known as "Hush Money".
Another thing showed in the movie was the mysterious "Deep Throat". Deep Throat was said to be the person who discovered the watergate scandal. This person was actually never revealed until recent years. 2005 to be exact. Vanity Fair Magazine posted that the actual person disquised as Deep Throat was actually William Mark Felt Sr. Whom is still alive is 94 years old.
So the movie "Dick" may have been a comedy, but it did portray all of President Nixons tricks. From the appearance of Deep Throat, to the hidden tapes that were hidden by Nixon. Until this day, we are not clear what was it that was scratched off in the tapes, but we do know that Nixon was responsible for the Watergate Scandal.
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The movie "Dick" has a lot of similarities to the real Watergate scandel involving President Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon. Watergate was a series of political scandals made by members of the Republican party. They tried to get into the Watergate headquarters to gather classified information. However, since the movie was made by the directors of Saturday Night Live, the movie doesn't portray exactly how it went down. It shows a couple of parodies that relate to the movie.
Most of the things that happen in the movie "Dick" are real however they are expressed in a humorous way. One of the things seen in the movie is how Richard Nixon bribes people. He did this to the girls in the movie by allowing them to be his seceret adivisors and making them official "dog walkers". In reality, Richard Nixon did this with money. He paid people to keep silent and this was known as "Hush Money".
Another thing showed in the movie was the mysterious "Deep Throat". Deep Throat was said to be the person who discovered the watergate scandal. This person was actually never revealed until recent years. 2005 to be exact. Vanity Fair Magazine posted that the actual person disquised as Deep Throat was actually William Mark Felt Sr. Whom is still alive is 94 years old.
So the movie "Dick" may have been a comedy, but it did portray all of President Nixons tricks. From the appearance of Deep Throat, to the hidden tapes that were hidden by Nixon. Until this day, we are not clear what was it that was scratched off in the tapes, but we do know that Nixon was responsible for the Watergate Scandal.
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