Beinhart has indicated that an early inspiration was the works of George Bernard Shaw, who besides his writing skills and wit, "created dramas out of ideas".
By this dictum, Beinhart seeks to "create situations in which ideas - about God, why we go to war, who gets the money, how politics work, what the media actually does, about science and morality - are challenged by circumstances".
[5] His principal concerns are the US economy and politics, taxes, and the rising inequalities moving into the age of Trump.
[6] Wag the Dog (1997) was directed by Barry Levinson; it starred Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, William H. Macy, Denis Leary, Kirsten Dunst, Woody Harrelson, and Willie Nelson.
It features Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Isabelle Fuhrman, Ed Harris, and Jim Gaffigan.