I smell an Emmy
Written and produced by a White House insider with the close co-operation of Mr. Bush and his top officials, the movie The Big Dance represents an unusually close merger of Washington’s ambitions with the Hollywood entertainment machinery.
A copy of the script obtained by The Globe and Mail reveals a prime-time drama starring a nearly infallible, heroic president with little or no dissension in his ranks and a penchant for delivering articulate, stirring, off-the-cuff addresses to colleagues.
Well, we like the use of the word “unusually” in any case, and we especially like trying to imagine our hero saying, ‘I won’t be seeking a declaration of war. With a shadowy enemy, specificity makes that problematic.’
Shadowy, indeed.
But, hush, I’m sure it will be an honest portrayal of a compassionate leader, a fine human being and a close, personal friend of mine.
Mr. Chetwynd said that he did not write such scenes principally to bolster the image of Mr. Bush, but that the image was a concern.
I’d like to see Philip Seymour Hoffman as Karl Rove, maybe Mickey Rourke as Richard Perle, Christopher Walken as Rummy… and Sean Penn in his role from I am Sam, as the Beaver.
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- I love fantasy shows!
— Beerzie Boy May 28, 12:37pm # - It gets oh so very much better than that.
They got Timothy Bottoms to play the Fearless Leader.
Mr. Bottoms, you may or may not recall, is, funnily enough, garnering a reputation for his portrayals of Bush fils. After all, his last big television vehicle was That’s My Bush!
— --k. May 28, 8:53pm # - That’s My Bush!
Broadcast here on France’s Canal+ with this deftly-translated title: Bush: Président!
— Dean Allen May 29, 11:36am #
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