The Tragicomedy of MacBush
I have no experience with the novel genre, so I'm not sure how to approach that. A short film would be most straightforward to do as a mocumentary, looking at the last days of the Bush administration before the resignations of Bush and Cheney. The nice thing about the short film approach is that actual news footage can be used along with fictional interviews.
A play could be done either in a "Law&Order" style, meaning investigation leads to plot twists leads to a trial, or as a modernization of a classic work. Since Shakespeare is as close to perfection as anything we have in the English-speaking world, that would be my first choice, and Macbeth comes to mind as a work where the plot and personalities have a good deal in common with the Bushies (think Rove as Lady MacBeth).
I mention this in the hopes that this could spark the imaginations of some of the creative folks who visit here.





Nice! I’m particularly amused by the idea of Rove as Lady Macbeth, given the gender-bending issues that raises and the outrage that would provoke. Still, I’d go for the mock-umentary — a la Christopher Guest. Characters could include Befuddled George W, Still Angry Dick, and a Don Quixote Democrat or two. :)
September 29, 2005 10:15 PM | Reply | Permalink