Posted on 08/23/2006 12:14:22 PM PDT by raccoonradio
...Combining his interests in comedy and politics, Seder then wrote, directed, and starred in a movie about Senator Joe Lieberman's fictional son, a guy so agitated about the 2000 presidential election that he tries to blow up a building. The film, whose cast also included Silverman, Benjamin, Cross, Maron, and Garofalo, was just a few weeks shy of being finished when 9/11 came.
``On Sept. 10, the notion of a zealot orchestrating a terrorist attack because he's frustrated that his voice isn't being heard was kind of funny," says Seder. ``On Sept. 11, it wasn't."
Political commitment
In the aftermath of the attacks, Seder didn't get the money to finish the film, and the project was shelved. Five years later, there is still no plan to release it.
Seder says he became more committed politically after 9/11 and the US invasion of Iraq. When Garofalo asked whether he'd like to cohost a show on a new liberal radio network, Seder said sure. The idea of a national platform from which to poke fun at the Bush administration seemed appealing.
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oops, angry SON...
>>the notion of a zealot orchestrating a terrorist attack because he's frustrated that his voice isn't being heard was kind of funny
Yeah that movie would have been a laugh riot if it did get released post 9/11, eh...
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