Book Vs. Movie: "Argo" (2012) Ben Affleck & Bryan Cranston

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “Argo”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 2007</strong> <strong><em>Wired</em></strong> <strong>Article Vs the 2012 Movie Adaptation </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/Argo2012Poster.jpg" alt="" width="220" height="326" /></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are on an adventure for this episode that is based on a true story--</span><a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Argo</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. The 2007</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wired</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">magazine article (“</span><a href= "https://www.wired.com/2007/04/wired-15-05-the-great-escape/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to RescueAmericans From Tehran</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">”) by writer</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshuah_Bearman"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Joshua Bearman</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is thrilling as it talks about what is known as the “</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Canadian Caper</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">” in 1979. After the siege of the U.S. Embassy in Iran, several American embassy personnel hid in a Canadian diplomat’s home. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “caper” part is when CIA officer</span> <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/tony-mendez-argo-spy-who-smuggled-us-hostages-out-of-iran-during-crisis-dies-at-78/2019/01/19/37e1f9a0-1c22-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Tony Mendez</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(who wrote his own account in the book</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Master-Disguise-Secret-Life-CIA/dp/0060957913"> <span style="font-wei