I am not American and observe US politics from abroad (Ireland). There are a few things I would say about this film. First, this will be one of the few hollywood biopics where the actress playing the female lead is nowhere near as beautiful as the real life subject, Sarah Palin. The second thing that amuses me me no end is the condecension of Ms Moore, that, while Governor Palin had her brilliant moments, but ‘did not have the experience to lead the country’.
That one really tickled my funny bone. Compared to whom? Barrack Obama? Hillary Clinton? Try as I might I could not unearth a solitary experience or any substantive accomplishment on the part of either of these specimens that was ‘relevant’ to running anything, let alone being president. The only thought more frightening than having Barrack Obama at the heart of the Presidency was the thought that a buffon like Joe Biden was being placed ‘within a heartbeat’ of that role.
The third thing about this film is that the characterization of Palin is based on the book Game Change. The sources are people like campaign managers Stephen Scmidht and Nicola Wallace who needed a scapegoat to cover up their own hopeless ineptitude. The other sources were ‘anonymous’ staffers who were, by reliable accounts, surrogates for Mitt Romney who were anxious to kneecap Palin coming out of the gate for 2012.
How Americans can allow themselves to be fooled by people as hollow as Obama and Romney leaves me in despair, and I can only pray that in the coming months all that is deep and wise in the American people will re-assert itself before next November. If Sarah Palin has done nothing else in her life, her exposure of the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the mass media and entertainment industry will rank high.
Two things I take issue with:
1. " The only thought more frightening than having Barrack Obama at the heart of the Presidency was the thought that a buffon like Joe Biden was being placed ‘within a heartbeat’ of that role." No, it's the only thing AS frightening, etc. etc.!
2. "How Americans can allow themselves to be fooled by people as hollow as Obama and Romney leaves me in despair ...." Democrats like Obama, and depraved politicians like Romney, PLAY DIRTY. They cheat -- they have to cheat because if they didn't, they'd LOSE, and they'd LOSE because the majority of Americans see through such hollow, destructive clowns. WE ARE THE MAJORITY. It's why they have to cheat -- they's lack the votes to win if they didn't.
But WHAT a wonderful, well-written, spot-on post! Spot-on observations of the American Hollywood scene in politics!
The only thought more frightening than having Barrack Obama at the heart of the Presidency was the thought that a buffoon like Joe Biden was being placed ‘within a heartbeat’ of that role.
And then the demented princess Nancy followed by Harry Red for the first two years.
You’re a pretty astute observer—especially considering you’re not even American. I agree with all your points and had the same thought about Moore’s relative homeliness.