3/26/08

Mixed Emotions


Liz and I went to college together. It's fun to see her in films. She always wanted be an actress so there's an added joy of knowing she's a good girl who got what she wanted.

However, reading she's likely to play Laura Bush makes me a little sad. Not that Liz should have passed on the probably high-profile and lucrative gig, but the thought of anyone taking on that role - let alone someone I like - is just unsettling.

UPDATE: I should probably clarify this a bit. I just feel the wounds inflicted by the current administration are raw and considering we are still very much mired in the muck of W's presidency, a movie depicting the life o' Bush is not something this country truly needs. It's the same way making a movie about 9/11 felt unnecessary to me. At least so soon afterwards. The horror didn't/doesn't need to be dramatized.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

But she gets to play it against Josh Brolin's Bush! Ha!

It reminds me of that ridiculous show that came out right after Bush was elected: That's My Bush. Does anyone remember that? I miss the days when we all thought he was just a big fucking joke.

Can I just say how much love I have for Slither? And how amazingly she creates a saccharine-sweet, endearing and genuine character in the middle of the most ridiculously 80s-esque B movie I've seen since, well, the 80s.