Sept. 11, Before and After (Review of *'s propaganda movie on Showtime)

[Emboldened Chimp]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/05/arts/television/05STAN.html?8dpc

(snip)

All docudramas round out the facts to fit a story line. Few would dispute the basic accuracy of the film: even his most virulent opponents give the president credit for adapting to the unimaginable attack with speed and resolve.

But a movie about George W. Bush's first serious challenge — broadcast at the beginning of his re-election campaign and in the middle of a murky, costly war with no marked ending — inevitably lends it a sour, partisan undertone.

(snip)

Wives in these kinds of thrillers are either dead or docile. The movie version of Laura Bush (Mary Gordon Murray) is so placid and composed that she seems like the First Lady of Prozac.

[JohnyCanuck]

1. Utter bullshit

even his most virulent opponents give the president credit for adapting to the unimaginable attack with speed and resolve.

[OldSoldier]

2. What a load of shit

The real George W. Bush was anything but an "action-adventure president" on 9/11. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but I gotta say it.

This is the guy who went to the elementary school knowing full well that the first plane had hit the tower. This is the guy who finished the goat book after he knew the second tower had been hit. Then he ran all over the United States looking like a scared little bunny, made an ass out of himself at Offutt AFB, then let Bill Clinton beat him to New York City--and Clinton was in Australia when the towers fell!

The only happy ending I can see to this sad and disgusting tale involves tar, feathers and a rail.

[zbdent]

3. First-lady Plastic-Face

it looks like she has had cosmetic surgery to get the Joker's permanent smile.

Bush was on the phone with mommy asking how you get brown stains out of his underwear. That's who he was on the phone with in those pictures.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Here's a link where we can bitch to the producers of this dreck.

Link:
http://www.takebackthemedia.com/bushknew.html

For you snail-mailers:
(snip)
FOR VIACOM INTERNATIONAL

Mr. Sumner M. Redstone
Chairman & CEO
Viacom International
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

Mr. Mel Karmazin
President and COO
Viacom International
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

SHOWTIME

East Coast
Showtime Networks
1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Mathew C Blank (Chairman, CEO)
Frank Pintauro (Sr VP, Creative Director, Original Programming)

West Coast
Showtime Networks
10880 Wilshire Blvd. Stes. 1500 & 1600
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Matthew Blank, CEO & Chairman, Showtime Networks Jerry Offsay, President, Programming, Showtime Networks Mathew Duda (VP, aquisitions and planning) Gary Levine (VP., Original programming)

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For e-mailers:
Click onto the link and scroll down to 2/3 of the way thru for instructions and addresses.

Many thanks to "symbolman" and Take Back the Media !!


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[hedda_foil]

5. "First Lady of Prozac"!

Damn, sounds like the actress really NAILED Pickles!