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WTCD Movie Club: Death of a President

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Submitted by casseia on Mon, 2010-05-31 17:50.


I watched this "mockumentary" (attention Netflix: that is really not the right word in this case, as tightly associated as it has come to be with "This is Spinal Tap" and "Best in Show") about the assassination of Bush Jr. last night and it was much better than what I expected -- very good with a pro-truth angle that sneaks up on you. Has anyone else seen it? (It can be streamed on Netflix.) Anyone want to discuss it?

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I'm not a fan

Submitted by gretavo on Mon, 2010-05-31 22:33.

I don't think movies should be made depicting the killing of living people. Bush didn't give his OK for this did he?

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Uh huh... uh huh

Submitted by casseia on Tue, 2010-06-01 02:47.

Yes, that was the big transgressive element -- not making the president a fictional character. The flipside is a bunch of nausea-inducing fawning over W by various characters, especially his speech writer. The least believable element of the movie is the characterization of Bush as someone smart and independent.

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