"V" for Vendetta

“V” for Vendetta is a very interesting movie. Why it interests me is more what is happening to the society than the main character. Here we have this man who became Chancellor and directs how everyone in the society around him lives. It is his and only his vision of right and wrong that determines who is obeying the law and who is breaking it. Now, bear with my thought because there is a story to follow, I believe we live in the same environment today. While it is portrayed as this cold, militarized society, where everyone openly lives in fear and is angry, on the verge of anarchy in fact, I believe our country and probably many others are ruled the same way.
Ok, here’s the story, ok and a little back story for the story. So, I was canvassing neighborhoods for this last election and I came across a homeowner who was wearing a UNLV sweatshirt and we started a conversation. This conversation lasted almost an hour and I had to finish my canvassing in the dark. Lol Anyway, of the many stories he told me about our school, he is highly involved, and the government, where he is highly involved, he told me a story about talking with an author who had many inside connections in our government and based his fiction on the stories he had heard. One story included a Vice President of the United States who had his generals and if the generals did not agree with what he said he simply did not invite them to the next meeting. He then replaced those men with “yes” men and that is how the service was run. Then, when the military got in trouble for decisions they had made, he blamed the generals and scape-goated himself from all responsibility. This VP was Dick Cheney. Lol Now, although we have this voting and election system, does that not sound very similar to the Chancellor regime in this movie.
Now I get that the main character is the result of this society and the chancellor’s actions and that is why he seeks revenge, but I think this is another example of artistic commentary on the world we live in today.