Traffic shows us the many viewpoints of different people and cultures and their relationship to the drug war. We see this in the two different governments that are shown in the film. While the American government is seen as very powerful and organ

ized, but also a little fake. The Mexican government is shown as extremely unorganized and corrupt. Though neither of the governments are shown to do that much against the war on drugs. The American government was by far depicted as the better player. This is a very American way of making movies. The government was shown not as a perfect or worthy, but just as extremely powerful and the overall force in the world today. The Mexican was shown as dirty and poorer and with a lot less structure. An American movies maker would rarely show the American government as a weaker force than any other.

The movie also shows the effects drugs have on others not quite so high up on the war on drugs. The daughter of the drug czar was a great example on how American this movie really was. The typical teenage girl, with a great future in he life but gets thrown int

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