2008 Election

Deconstructing My Weekend of Republican-Inspired Entertainment

By Maegan Carberry ⋅ October 20, 2008 ⋅   Email this post ⋅  Digg This ⋅  Share on Facebook ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

Gotta give Sarah Palin some love for being a good sport on SNL. She did look a little bit uncomfortable, but considering the show’s been bagging her since the day McCain selected her as his veep choice, it was pretty cool that she had the guts to show up and stare down Tina Fey. I pretty much fell off the couch when Amy Poehler shot the “mother-humpin” moose down and all the mavericks in the house put their hands up.

I wish I could say the same about Oliver Stone’s “W,” which I caught on Friday afternoon. (The theater was surprisingly packed for the twighlight show, even though the movie came in 4th at the box office, according to Variety.) The tone was meant to be part satirical, part drama, but it didn’t work for me. The caricatures of leaders depicted were definitely a farce, as intended, but the script just didn’t add a whole lot that we haven’t covered already to the conversation about George Bush or the last eight years. I expected more.