Wow. An obscure movie you can't even hardly find anymore, but in 1948 the keys to dominating the media narrative were already well known: outspend your competitor and inflame the audience til they want to kill themselves. In short: disgusting is memorable and irritating is the best kind of memorable. Oh sure, here they're talking about soap but political philosophy is a consumer product just the same. Yup, a constant display these days. Notice nary a word is dedicated to Truth or even accuracy. Repetition is all it takes.
My corollary: Anything with Sydney Greenstreet is worth watching (though unfortunately that rule has been lost to posterity).
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