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Article: White House confidential: a former top Clintonite on why Hollywood is so obsessed with sex and scandal at the highest levels.(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- May 5, 1997
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A former top Clintonite on why Hollywood is so obsessed with sex and scandal at the highest levels
ONE OF THE COOLEST PERKS OF BEing president is that every Thursday the Motion Picture Association sends you a packet of first-run movies to watch over the weekend. But I doubt the Clintons are fans of the newest Hollywood subgenre: presidential pulp. Consider the opening scenes of "Murder at 1600," the latest in a series of conspiracy-minded Beltway flicks. A thunderstorm buffets the White House; in the Oval Office, beneath portraits of Washington and Jefferson, a beautiful blonde and an unseen man are having sex on top of the presidential seal in the carpet. ...