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FILM SURGERY Argo: Politically won! Fahim Ibne Sarwar In international politics we have watched Canada‘s participation as a peace loving country and that is well established in the film. Also the film wants to establish that America is always right and what they do is good for the Americans and the world also. If you don‘t agree with them you certainly will be a terrorist! Not that much straight cut but under a shape of storytelling Argo tried to 26 America. Is always with the good? Always do the right? Yes, Argo tried to convince us enough about America‘s goodness but they actually neglected the political truths between America and Iran. Here in Argo, the story is about an escape mission of six American diplomats who got trapped in Teheran, the capital of Iran. They were trapped because they were alive. In 1979 some Iranian activists broke the American embassy in Tehran and killed several diplomats. But six of them were able to flee. They got shelter at the residence of Canadian High commissioner. Page The film Argo again established that, ‗we are living in America‘! What Hollywood makes is not always beautiful and truth as well. American beauty is not always that much beauty but bitter. Ben Affleck directed 2012 film Argo is a political thriller film. It also contains an interesting genre that is ‗American Propaganda‘!