Outa my country you filthy, communist America hating meathead.
Posted on 07/04/2004 7:12:27 AM PDT by HowardLSmith.ô¿ô
I'm Rob Reiner, and I Approve this Message Moveon.org, a political advocacy group, has enlisted the help of popular culture's most talented celebrities in the war to defeat Bush in 2004 By MATTHEW COOPER The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org has already proved to be a force in the campaign to defeat President Bush, but it is about to get a big infusion of help from Hollywood. MoveOn's Political Action Committee, MoveOnPac, last week announced that documentary filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War) will produce a series of campaign ads. The group is also about to announce that it has enlisted an all-star roster of directors, writers and Hollywood actors to make ads for the group. One is directed by Rob Reiner and written by West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin. Another is directed by indie-film veteran Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging) from a script by radio lefty Al Franken. Comedian Margaret Cho wrote and directed an ad, another stars Danny Glover, and an animated spot features the voices of Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Kevin Bacon and Ed Asner. Two more ads are in production, one written and directed by Woody Harrelson and the other starring Alicia Silverstone.
The ads will be tested on focus groups before MoveOn decides when and where to air them on TV. They're the brainchild of Laura Dawn, a singer who often appears with techno-rock star Moby (who wrote the music for one of the spots). Dawn, 34, who works from her apartment in New York City's East Village, last year came up with the "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest, in which average Americans were asked to submit anti-Bush ads. "The idea was that if we did really well with the contest, we could do this afterward," says Dawn. Hollywood responded; now will the voters?
Considering what this crowd has come up with so far, their efforts do not worry me in particular. I fear they might not even be entertaining. The big question, is: Can they control their blind hatred of Bush and their condescension toward us little people sufficiently so as to convince us rather than insult us. From what I have learned in studying counterinsurgency the art of (successful) propaganda is very different from that of drama and comedy. To begin with, you have to respect your target audience. Director John Ford, for instance, was a master of both (the "Why We Fight" series in WWII--he notably used the baddies OWN blustering propaganda footage to hang them), Al Franken and Margret Cho, however, are absolutely cringe-inducing when they wax political. In such interviews as I have seen, Rob Reiner seems to see himself as a benign philosopher-king and Aaron Sorkin is just plain prickly. I look forward to being TOLD who I'm gonna vote for.
Ed Assner and Danny (Fidel) Glover. Peas in a pod...
Wow, glad to see that CFR is keeping the big money out of politics.
The celebrities who are coming out against Bush are guaranteeing that I will NEVER purchase any products they advertise, and I will NEVER attend any films, music, or other entertainment in which they are featured.
"Why We Fight" Frank Capra
Outa my country you filthy, communist America hating meathead.
Ditto That
"MEAT ... HEAD! Dead from the neck up!"
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