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How do you attempt to cleanupclean up the corruption of your organization? Why, make a movie, of course!
 
'''''United Passions''''' is about the founders of FIFA and how they "dealt with corruption" throughout the 20th century.
 
It grossed a whopping ''$900'' on its opening weekend.
 
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* [[Character Shilling]]: The film shamelessly shilled for the FIFA executives, just when they were dogged by a corruption scandal.
* [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]: FIFA themselves have this, with no mention of their corruption whatsoever.
* [[Hypocrite]]: The climax revolves around Blatter coaxing his colleagues to support his anti-corruption campaign by blackmailing them.
* [[Product Placement]]: One of the major plot points is FIFA securing the rights of Coca-Cola and Adidas.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Plenty of it from every World Cup, with no reenactmentsre-enactments whatsoever.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:35, 17 August 2021

How do you attempt to clean up the corruption of your organization? Why, make a movie, of course!

United Passions is about the founders of FIFA and how they "dealt with corruption" throughout the 20th century.

It grossed a whopping $900 on its opening weekend.

Tropes used in United Passions include:
  • Character Shilling: The film shamelessly shilled for the FIFA executives, just when they were dogged by a corruption scandal.
  • Historical Hero Upgrade: FIFA themselves have this, with no mention of their corruption whatsoever.
  • Hypocrite: The climax revolves around Blatter coaxing his colleagues to support his anti-corruption campaign by blackmailing them.
  • Product Placement: One of the major plot points is FIFA securing the rights of Coca-Cola and Adidas.
  • Stock Footage: Plenty of it from every World Cup, with no re-enactments whatsoever.