Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
It is now time to give thought to what country I can move to quickly and safely.
Under pressure from Republican and conservative groups, CBS is expected to announce as early as today that it is canceling its plans to run a two-part mini-series in November deconstructing the Ronald Reagan presidency, two people close to the decision said last night.
They said the film would most likely instead be handed over to CBS's pay-cable sibling, Showtime.
The announcement would perhaps the first time a major broadcast network has ever removed a completed project from its schedule because of political pressure and under the threat of an advertising boycott.
(An earlier article about the possibility that CBS would scrap the four-hour mini-series appears in the Arts section, which went to press before the latest development.)
CBS executives have been reworking the film over the last week, trying to fix what many critics - none of whom had seen the film and were relying mostly on a report in The New York Times about its contents - called inaccurate and unfair portrayals of the former president.
Posted by P6 at November 4, 2003 07:05 AM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/2187It's too bad the show was booted by nervous execs- not that it was going to be historically accurate or fair or a realistic portrait of Reagan the person - if leaks about the script were accurate the film will be a libelous cartoon. TV depictions of historical figures are seldom any good and this Reagan pic would have been no exception.
No it should be shown because it's a good insight into how hollywood liberals talk amongst themselves and it parades their innaccurate assumptions and bias for all to see( that could have been easily remedied by a competent research assistant being utilized by the screenwriters).
Heavy-handed agitprop seldom pleases anyone beyond the hardcore and usually alienates everyone else
It's that darned liberal propaganda again. So much worse than conservative propaganda. It really astonishes me the victim mentality that some conservatives have.
Quite disappointing. All some rich conservatives had to do were put some money together and make another Reagan mini-series. Simple as that. But since we're playing the visual censorship by public company game, I have a list damn it.
Mark:
No it should be shown because it's a good insight into how hollywood liberals talk amongst themselves and it parades their innaccurate assumptions and bias for all to see( that could have been easily remedied by a competent research assistant being utilized by the screenwriters).
So tell me...what did you think of the two hour campaign commercial that was the Bush 9/11 movie? Were I the type to ask rhetorical questions I'd wonder out loud about why the same Republican truth squads had no complaint about that.
Heavy-handed agitprop seldom pleases anyone beyond the hardcore and usually alienates everyone else
That describes the Bush regime's handling of Iraq to a "T", so you may be right.