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The character Bill McKay (left) in the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate” bears similarities to presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (Warner Bros.)

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Lights, Camera, Political Action: &#039;The Candidate&#039; - Daily Bruin

Lights, Camera, Political Action: &#8216;The Candidate&#8217;

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Flip on a news channel and you’re likely to see characters with perfectly coiffed hair making fantastical claims directly at the camera. But how far does this connection between political figures and entertainment go?

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Lights, Camera, Political Action: ‘The Candidate’

By Kevin Truong

Oct. 9, 2015 12:45 a.m.