Maher addresses contemporary political, social and cultural topics -- Iraq, President Bush and the so called Axis of Evil. The opinionated Maher said about Victory Begins at Home: "We've heard everything about the War on Terrorism except what we can actually do to help win it. The government used to do that for us through propaganda (the positive kind) posters, so taking my cue from the great old posters of World War I and World War II ('Loose Lips Sink Ships,' 'Buy War Bonds,' 'Plant a Victory Garden,' etc.) I commissioned artists to paint the posters our government today should be putting out to help us win this war."
Production
Commissioned propaganda-style posters are genuinely gorgeous art pieces.
Writing
Maher's 2003 Iraq takes hit different in 2024.
Director
John Moffitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This special dropped six months into the Iraq War when criticizing Bush still got you called a traitor on cable news. Maher had already lost 'Politically Incorrect' over 9/11 comments—this was his comeback arc.
The commissioned artists included real WPA poster specialists' descendants, making this actual generational propaganda craft. Several original prints from this special now live in political memorabilia collections.
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