A character in Tina Fey's latest movie, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, explains war reporting as similar to the high obtained from drugs. That is, while it feels great initially, there always has to be another fix and to get the sort of adrenaline rush reporters get the first time out, they have to keep chasing bigger and bigger stories, thereby putting themselves in more and more danger. As the logic goes, the pursuit of either drugs or war reporting in this fashion leads nowhere good.
This bit of wisdom is imparted to Fey's reporter, Kim Baker, by Fahim Ahmadzai (Christopher Abbott), Kim's "fixer" for much of her time in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2006. Fahim's job is to translate, know the area, point Kim towards good stories, and keep her out of trouble (she has a security guard, played by Stephen Peacocke, for this last bit as well). As the film depicts it, Fahim's drug analogy is exactly right and the audience watches Kim go from being utterly terrified at the start of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to lusting after stories, pursuing them no matter the potential danger.
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