History Film / Bulworth

'''Bulworth:''' I was hoping for sooner!\\
'''Darnell:''' (''Nina's brother'') [[MySisterIsOffLimits What did you say?]]\\
'''Bulworth:''' Uh, later's good.

The story begins as the title character, Senator Jay Bulworth of California, grows weary with his political career and failing marriage. He decides to end his life, taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy so his daughter will remain well off, and hiring a hitman to kill him in two days' time. With nothing to lose, he spends his final hours telling the public how he really feels about them, smoking marijuana, dressing like a gangsta, and rapping about socialism.

* CoolOldGuy: Bulworth becomes this once he decides to speak whatever comes to mind and arrives to Larry King Live dressed like a gangsta rap singer and says on a live TV broadcast "the real way to end racism is that people should fuck each other".

* {{Only Sane Man}}: In a way, Bulworth really ''is'' sane, as his breakdown allows him to speak truths he couldn't otherwise say in the current political climate. But it also applies to Bulworth's beleaguered campaign manager Murphy (Oliver Platt) who's trying to keep up with the increasing craziness surrounding him.

The story begins as the title character, Senator Bulworth of California, grows weary with his political career and failing marriage. He decides to end his life, taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy so his daughter will remain well off, and hiring a hitman to kill him in two days' time. With nothing to lose, he spends his final hours telling the public how he really feels about them, smoking marijuana, dressing like a gangsta, and rapping about socialism.

* CoolOldGuy

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:When Bulworth finds out Nina won't kill him after all.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: After all that self-discovery and personal growth, [[spoiler: Bulworth is assassinated.]]
* SuicideByAssassin

* StrawmanPolitical
** Also StrawmanHasAPoint

* InTheFutureHumansWillBeOneRace: When Bulworth is on TV in brutal-honesty mode, he suggests that the U.S.A. should engage in "[[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness a voluntary, free-spirited, open-ended program of procreative racial deconstruction]]". Seeing the blank look on the interviewer's face, he re-phrases it more bluntly: "Everybody just gotta keep fuckin' everybody 'til they're all the same color".

* {{Your Days Are Numbered}}: Putting out a hit on himself frees Sen. Bulworth to say what he really thinks.

* MeaningfulName: His bizarre acts of freestyling the hard, nasty truths of American politics make him "worth the bull"shit of the current "status quo".

* MeaningfulName: His bizarre acts of freestyling the hard, nasty truths of American politics make him "worth the bull".

* MeaningfulName: His bizarre acts of freestyling preaching political truths make him "worth the bull".

* HypocriticalHumor / KnewItAllAlong: Murphy has been upset about the way Bulworth has gone off message thanks to his HeroicBSOD until members of the media (including [[AsHimself Larry King]]) congratulate him on Bulworth's new strategy; Murphy immediately turns around and acts as if it was his plan all along.

* MeaningfulName: His bizarre acts of freestyling political revelations are "worth the bull".

* MeaningfulName

'''''Bulworth''''' is a 1998 film, starring Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/HalleBerry. The story begins as the title character, Senator Bulworth of California, grows weary with his political career and failing marriage. He decides to end his life, taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy so his daughter will remain well off, and hiring a hitman to kill him in two days' time. With nothing to lose, he spends his final hours telling the public how he really feels about them, smoking marijuana, dressing like a gangsta, and rapping about socialism.

* DeadpanSnarker

* {{Your Days Are Numbered}}: Putting out a hit on himself frees Sen. Bulworth to say what he really thinks.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: After all that self-discovery and personal growth, Bulworth is assassinated.

* RefugeInAudacity: The more Bulworth acts crazy, the more the public supports him. [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Dressing up gangsta]] [[and dropping the N-word everywhere NWordPrivileges]] makes him even more popular.

* RefugeInAudacity: The more Bulworth acts crazy, the more the public supports him. [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Dressing up gangsta]] [[and dropping the N-word everywhere NWordPriviliges]] makes him even more popular.

* RefugeInAudacity: The more Bulworth acts crazy, the more the public supports him. [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Dressing up gangsta and dropping the N-word everywhere]] makes him even more popular.

''Bulworth'' is a 1998 film, starring Creator/WarrenBeatty and Creator/HalleBerry. The story begins as the title character, Senator Bulworth of California, grows weary with his political career and failing marriage. He decides to end his life, taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy so his daughter will remain well off, and hiring a hitman to kill him in two days' time. With nothing to lose, he spends his final hours telling the public how he really feels about them, smoking marijuana, dressing like a gangsta, and rapping about socialism.

* ShootTheShaggyDog

* {{Your Days Are Numbered}}

''Bulworth'' is a 1998 film, starring {{Warren Beatty}} and {{Halle Berry}}. The story begins as the title character, Senator Bulworth of California, grows weary with his political career and failing marriage. He decides to end his life, taking out a ten million dollar life insurance policy so his daughter will remain well off, and hiring a hitman to kill him in two days' time. With nothing to lose, he spends his final hours telling the public how he really feels about them, smoking marijuana, dressing like a gangsta, and rapping about socialism.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Roseanne}} Jackie]] and [[TheWire The Bunk]] are two reporters shadowing Bulworth's campaign.