From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews:
This summer’s Screen on the Green series, now in its sixth year, closes out this evening on the National Mall with a showing of the classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Made in 1939 and starring Jimmy Stewart, the movie tells the tale of a naive freshman Senator who plays David to the Goliath of a big, evil government. HBO’s description follows:

Frank Capra’s patriotic, eloquent and humanistic drama glorifies the oft-trying crusade of a freshman politician doing battle with the forces of evil in a corrupt government. Voted the year’s top original screenplay, the rousing saga warms our instinct to cheer on the young star, who is not out of the senatorial woods yet. (Sony/Columbia, 1939) 129 Min.

We don’t want to seem like we’re reading too much into a summer film series lineup, but DCist couldn’t help but notice that Screen on the Green started out with a film that recounted a presidential scandal and ends with a movie about one man’s fight for good against a corrupt government. Is this a snarky political message from Screen on the Green? If so, what does it mean? Or is DCist letting the election year go to our head?