In the movie Fair Game, a noticeable focus is
put on the relationship between Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joe
Wilson. They are portrayed as a happy well-to-do American family raising two
small children. After Valerie's identity is exposed, the movie illustrates a
marriage on the rocks, eventually leading Valerie to move out with the kids to
her mother's house. After several days and an intense fight in the kitchen and
children's park, Valerie moves back in and apologizes to her husband, Joe.
The most dramatic scene in the movie takes place in the Wilson's kitchen after the leak occurred. Joe begs Valerie to tell her story, particularly in an interview with Vanity Fair. Though the movie depicts "extreme conflict" between the two's ideas, they actually had much more of an agreement and thought out plan as to what to do together. Yes, Joe was much more passionate about bringing justice to the situation, but ultimately the decision for him to write the piece, "What I didn't find in Niger" and his public affairs were a decision between him and Valerie, not just him alone.
The movie did get a small piece of it right, stating that there was perhaps a Vanity Fair article in the making...link here
Final tidbit is that the movie did accurately portray is the use of “sticky-notes” in the Valerie/Joe relationship. They in fact did survive on sticky notes-Valerie claimed this in her CBS video.
Although Fair Game depicts this as
true, there are in fact falsifiable moments that never occurred. The most
noted, being that Valerie never "took the kids and ran.” In an interview
with the Washington Post, Valerie states,"There were times that space was
needed, but I didn't up-and-leave and take the children. As any adult in a
relationship knows, you can be in the same house and not together."
However, in order for the director to make the story longer as well as more of
a cinematic love story, a different separation is played out.
The most dramatic scene in the movie takes place in the Wilson's kitchen after the leak occurred. Joe begs Valerie to tell her story, particularly in an interview with Vanity Fair. Though the movie depicts "extreme conflict" between the two's ideas, they actually had much more of an agreement and thought out plan as to what to do together. Yes, Joe was much more passionate about bringing justice to the situation, but ultimately the decision for him to write the piece, "What I didn't find in Niger" and his public affairs were a decision between him and Valerie, not just him alone.
The movie did get a small piece of it right, stating that there was perhaps a Vanity Fair article in the making...link here
Final tidbit is that the movie did accurately portray is the use of “sticky-notes” in the Valerie/Joe relationship. They in fact did survive on sticky notes-Valerie claimed this in her CBS video.
Post-it notes:
When watching the documentary of Valerie and Joe commenting on the film (which is included below) capture Valerie confirming that Post-it notes were indeed used by the Wilson s to communicate while Valerie was a CIA agent (33:40) Valerie: "This is ripped from real life, I did and do still, rely heavily on post-it notes scattered all through the house."
Also in the video above there is a conversation about Joe's wedding band:
Valerie: "That is exactly your bracelet. Exactly your wedding band"
Joe: "I think they actually are. I lent them to them."
Valerie: "You lent them your wedding band??"
Joe: "I got it back!"
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