“You
can't go around quoting politicians correctly! That's dirty journalism and you
know it!”
Politics can suck it. I am not a registered voter. Before
anyone starts getting all pissy with me I do not vote because I do not follow
politics they bore me to tears and I am not going to vote for lying people that
I do not know anything about. I am not going to be an ignorant idiot going to
the polls to vote when I do not know what they are promising… in the words of
Grace Helbig “Too deep! Moving on!”. There is a point in my too deep ranting
and that is I do not like politics and I do not like politics in film form. Even
in satire politics drive me nuts. The only way I even bothered to sit through a
film entitled The Senator was Indiscreet
was for the always entertaining William Powell.
Senator Melvin Ashton (Powell) has been a member of a
certain political party for thirty-five years and has been in the senate for several
years. He has been very content in his job as a US Senator. His new agent Lew
Gibson is young and believes he can help Melvin reach the White House. Melvin
has no aspirations for the White House but Lew’s fiancé Poppy McNaughton (Ella Raines)
has a different idea. Like Lew, Poppy wants to see Melvin get into the White
House only she wants to get him there by making him a laughing stock.
Melvin really has no chance of getting into the White
House. His speeches are incredibly long and excruciatingly boring. He is a
bumbling mess of an old man. Poppy keeps writing up stories about him running
for the highest office and the party Melvin belongs to is not too happy with
him. They believe that the only reason he is denying he is running and
traveling is because he wants to run for the presidency. The head of the party
wants Melvin to leave but Melvin has a trick up his sleeve. For the past
thirty-five years he has been keeping a diary of every single meeting and event
of the party. This back the head off of him as he is afraid of will get out if
he does not let Melvin have his way. A few days later Melvin finds the diary
has gone missing.
To make a long story short: the party tries to get Melvin
to leave but he has no skills outside of being a senator; Lew and Poppy find
the diary, Poppy desperately wants to print everything in it but Lew gets it
away from her and gives it back to
Melvin; somehow Melvin becomes a leader of a tropical island.
The Senator Was Indiscreet is definitely not one of the
best William Powell films I have seen. I liked seeing his goofy side he had an
excellent goofy side he was brilliant with comedy. The story just did not catch
my attention. There were some scenes where I was like what on earth is
happening, who the hell is this character, who wants this diary. I am sure it
was explained but I did not catch it. Throughout the film Melvin kept calling
his wife to keep her updated on certain things. In the end he sees her on the
island. I will leave you to guess who his wife was. Other than the surprising
ending and William Powell’s screwball antics The Senator Was Indiscreet was
boring. I am glad to have seen it as it is a William Powell film. If you are
not a fan of William Powell skip it.
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