I've been churning through the journalist film genre and every single film I've found is about the heroism of the job in one way or another. Even Oliver Stone's Salvador, despite how objectionable James Woods' character may seem.
I've worked in the business all my life and I can't find a single film that portrays the job for how intensely boring and equally stressful it really is 99% of the time. Which, yeah, that probably doesn't make for a thrilling narrative but you'd expect someone to have explored that aspect by now, especially considering the volume of work produced on the subject.
To be clear I'm not talking about films with journalists as villains or anti-heroes a la Shattered Glass or Nightcrawler. Just something about the job of journalism without historical stakes or a hackneyed flawed protagonist obsessed with the triumph of truth.
E: when I say non-glamorous I mean the day-to-day drudgery. Sitting in on re-zoning committees at City Hall. Attending press conferences for bullshit new government initiatives. Being told to cover the local dog-training group who are heading to nationals. Finding something to say about a dinosaur summer camp that's launching soon. Woodward and Bernstein uncovering Watergate is as glamorous as glamorous gets.
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