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Many in politics lament the current state of political rhetoric and spin. Quite often you hear of nostalgia, real or feigned, for the Lincoln-Douglas style debates that had discussed the real issues in more than 30 seconds of rehashed sound bytes. In general, we have to acknowledge that the state of
the debate is getting worse with each election.
At the same time, we have Gore on the verge of a political comeback due to the interest in his global warming movie, the much admired West Wing TV show, Michael Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and no shortage of Hollywood celebrities and riffraff who both have an opinion, and want to express it.
So I propose that actors, studios, and networks donate time to the political campaign, but not in the usual manner, but rather in what they do best (hopefully) -- that is, by acting. Let the best writers of all political persuasion work together on the actual dialog, and then present the effort as a feature docudrama, on TV and in theaters, in the weeks before the election, with the actors and actresses portraying it as intelligently as they would in a West Wing episode
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My life could do with some scriptwriters, too. |
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I'm going to vote against this one although I sympathise with the objective. For me I think we need less politics on TV (i.e. de-celebritise the whole thing; is there such a word?) and a few more politicians willing to go out to pubs, clubs and meeting halls to talk face to face with the people who vote for and against them. |
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Yuck, I'd even rather watch George W Bush than Angelina Jolie. |
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oh yeah? So why did you click on the idea? |
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Republican writer: "I think we should concentrate on the current administration's tax breaks to corporates" |
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Democrat writer: "Well I think more time should be given to an unnecessary war with no get-out plan" |
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Republican writer: "Well if that's the way you want it..." |
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Democrat writer: "Ok then, outside, now." |
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It will never work, but I like the idea. Neutral. |
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Believe it or not, it would probably bring more substance than what we've currently got. I'm waiting for the next round of 'values initiatives' to rouse up the republican base, (like the defense of marriage act) and the minimum wage proposals to rouse up the democrats. It's the same thing, year in, year out. What we really need to be able to do is vote out the long-term staffers that have been there through multiple congresscritters, advising them the same lines of b.s. over and over again. |
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Privately, I'm fed up. All of the Washington incumbents I have a say over are getting a thumbs down from me, except for Carl Levin. He can stay. |
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I want the Bush administration humbled. Severely. |
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This has nothing to do with party allegiances. And UB -- scripted, not open debate -- God help us. |
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Scripted, so it's written like good drama. It's just read by actors, so it both looks believable and more interesting than the usual talking heads. |
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//humbled// sp: castrated |
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Not a big fan of Tony Blair then? |
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Why does everyone deliberately misinterpret the idea? Goes to shows you how important appearances are, doesn't it :) |
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The idea is not to use actors to push their own views -- in fact, for all I know, they could be opposite views. |
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The idea is to have them act out as eloquent spokepeople (which they know how to do) of the best minds of the underlying political philosophy. |
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//Why does everyone deliberately misinterpret the idea?//
I didn't :0( |
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Ronald Reagan and (to a lesser extent) Arnold Schwarzenegger show us glimpses of this idea in full reality. |
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As for the Aniston/Jolie debate, I think I'll vote for Jolie - it was close, but sultry and brooding won out over sassy and cute in the end. |
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"Tonight's fun has consisted of 1/3 horseflop from the left, and 1/3 gobwash from the right. To clarify, I have a pie chart." :-) |
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Did the original version of this idea have something about wrestling in it? I assume it would be scripted wrestling. |
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Actually, UB, you keep misinterpreting it, I think -- I'm just not sure if it's deliberate :) |
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The actors in questions are not meant to represent their own opinions -- of which we already get plenty today, |
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I wondered if on West Wing, Alan Alda was truly a conservative, or just playing one. |
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I think this idea was really baked in West Wing during the debates. But if you wanna throw t's and a's and lips in there for more interest, have at it. |
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Word of the week "Horseflop". Snigger. |
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