The saying of the movie Wag the dog is a lecture in itself, as normally the dog, which is the bigger and smarter part wags the dog. Said the other way around it is the small and irrelevant part which is usually lead b the media, now conducting the big part one realizing. The title 's expression has entered writing heaven, and taking on a disapproving tone, often used to describe situations in which a government is seeming as trying to deceive its people. Firstly, irony and paradox are used to large degree to accomplish comedy. The title makes use of irony on a correct level, where the tail, which should be under the knowledge of the dog, is in fact unexpectedly controlling it. Instead of the government helping the spirit of the people, the government