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- Sorkin’s West Wing dry run
From the wisecracks to the hurried conversations through White House corridors, to the (Democrat) President and Chief of Staff being old buddies (latter the former’s best man), American President is clearly Aaron Sorkin’s prototype for West Wing. It’s got Martin Sheen in it (although he’s chief of staff, rather than The Chief) and Anna Devere [...]
- You what?
Addendum to yesterday’s post on Fahrenheit 9/11: an ad before the film was touting “Chokey Chicken” - a breaded chicken snack on sale in the foyer. What kinda chicken? Doesn’t a very similar phrase have… like… other meanings? Meanings you really don’t want associated with a snack food served to you in a cinema?
- Fahrenheit 9/11
Continuing a proud tradition of being among the last people in Britain to see controversial or otherwise noteworthy films, Mrs Tosh and I headed off to the local multiplex to catch Fahrenheit 9/11 tonight: the Michael Moore documentary about George W Bush and his presidency, its ties with the military-industrial complex and all-round general venality. [...]
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