Well yeah, political campaigns, but civil servants don't put those on. And anyway I guess I feel like so many people pay so much attention to the projected image that it's forgotten that at the root - actually making the decision - are actual people. And I guess I'm more interested in the drive behind the actual decision. The image and the frame isn't making the decision. At least in this movie, it wasn't, although I could imagine situations where politicians made decisions based on trying to maintain a certain image. I tend to find that a more boring and superficial explanation for political decisions, but there are boring and superficial politicians.

I guess I think it's harmful to think of politicians as cartoonish villains/heroes, in the long run. Because it hurts the possibility of cooperation.