In the movie Head of State, Chris Rock plays an average guy, Mays Gillian, blending in who then turns into a top candidate running for president. He is chosen as a candidate because he is all about the people. The movie starts off with him saving a cat and rescuing a woman from a house that is about to be blown up. This act caught the eyes of a party who just lost their candidate to a plane crash. At first Gillian thinks that these people are crazy asking him to run for president but he still agrees to run with them. His opponent Lewis thinks that their idea is crazy because Gillian has no previous political experience and was sure that he could win the presidential election by a landslide.
Mays Gillian evolves greatly throughout his candidacy. Mays’ political team at first just told him all he had to do was read the speeches they wrote and do what they say. He began to listen and follow their lead but then realized that he needed to be himself and focus on what the people actually want and not just attire what they want. Throughout his campaign he listened to the people and was all for the people while his opponents just told them what they wanted to hear. In the end Gillian win the presidential election because the people thought he would actually help them instead of just saying what they wanted to hear.
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