Tag: america
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I watched More 4’s Death of a President last night and, to be honest, I rather wish I hadn’t wasted 2 hours of my life. I don’t have a problem in principle with either mockumentories or a drama speculating what would happen if Bush was assassinated. I enjoyed the BBC’s If… series as well as…
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There is a question which this article does not (dares not?) ask: how retarded must the 2 out of 5 Americans who don’t know who Homer Simpson’s son be? If people are that ignorant about popular culture, what hope is there for politics?
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No, not this news report about snogging in New York, which is innocuous enough, but the name of the correspondent. Tory Blair? Surely someone is taking the piss?
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My boss has written a nice post about the last episodes of the West Wing last night, linking it with the House of Lords Constitution Committee’s report this week on Royal prerogative. For me, the “choke” moment of the two episodes was the bit when Bartlet gave Charlie his copy of the US Constitution. But…
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I’m afraid I was somewhat underwhelmed by Superman Returns, which I saw on Saturday evening. In part, this may be because I built it up too much, being a fan of both the Richard Donner film and Bryan Singer. However, there are a number of ways in which I think the film took a wrong…