|
Tucson Liberal Gives "Death of a President" An "A" Grade
Tucson Citizen Tucson is one of the few major cities where holstered revolvers can be carried openly by citizens. One would think that the rule of law would be respected there. Think again. One reviewer treats wishful thinking of treasonous murder, as "fair." Rating: unrated Length: 93 minutes Grade: A While it looks amazingly real, this British faux documentary is actually science-fiction. The film imagines what would happen if the president of the United States, George W. Bush, was assassinated on Oct. 19, 2007, during a political visit to Chicago. The finger of blame isn't pointed directly at any of the likely suspects - wild-eyed liberals, Third World fanatics or Middle Eastern Muslim fundamentalists. There is an African-American who is wrongfully incarcerated, then released, and an American-born Muslim who is left a prisoner in limbo. As this morbid fiction is the product of the Director's warped mind, I have to say: he did it! All of it sounds, and looks, likely enough. Of course such an incendiary subject carries a lot of implied political baggage. Most significant is how the assassination is politicized to get congressional passage of "Patriot Act III" so it becomes the permanent law of the land. Also emphasized is how the government rounded up hundreds of suspects, many of them American citizens, and spirited them off to foreign prisons for interrogation. This assumption of a rigid police state might be considered inflammatory, but our own real-life history provides plenty of precedent. In truth, given the opportunities for heavy-handed bias, "Death of a President" is remarkably fair. And its authenticity feels quite convincing. Lots of "precedent," like that pre-911 Bruce Willis movie on martial law in NYC and Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator." No wonder that no respectable Cinema chain is associated with this video-game for sickos. This isn't coming to my town; yours? Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-10-26 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=169832 |