when i saw the posters for it at the bus stops, i thought, "*another* baseball movie?" then i saw an ad on tc and thought, "ahhh, they've run out of baseball stories, so it's a baseball movie about politics." :) On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin Costner's B movie, "Swing Voter" is amusing. It's about a > bizarre situation where the presidential election comes down to being > decided by one guy, the Costner character (a total slacker). Not > surprisingly, it portrays the political system as venal. (Gee, how > could it be anything else?) The best parts are the political ads, > especially the "pro-life" one. (Stanley Tucci's role as the GOP > campaign manger is great: he combines Karl Rove with Dick Cheney.) The > big nightmare of the movie is that the choice for president is between > Kelsey Grammar and Dennis Hopper! > > Spoiler alert: STOP READING NOW if you want to avoid having the end > spoiled. > > It's not a very political movie (as I define that term). The best > statement comes at the very end, where Costner reads a letter from a > poor person asking "if this is the richest country in the world, how > come some of us can't afford to live here?" > > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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