Over 100 comments to the Deadline story, many of them no doubt brought in by a Drudge link.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > It was actually a severed head viewed in profile off to the side of the > one being pointed to as Sansa's father, Eddard Stark (Sean Bean). Without > it being specifically pointed out in the DVD extras, there's no way anybody > would've ever ID'd it as W. in the initial viewing, so their claim that > they weren't trying to make any political statement is fairly believable > (at least to a bleeding-heart Democrat like me...I have no doubt there will > be at least *some* stink raised by some of the more conservative-minded). > :) > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Prop head on "Game of Thrones" episode was > actually one of ex-Prez > From: Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, June 14, 2012 10:21 am > To: [email protected] > > [I have to watch myself when clicking on a page to switch back to it on > some sites... at Deadline they've put fixed banners for *Touch* on either > side of the article.] > > Creators Benioff and Weiss, in commentary on the show's season 1 DVD, > noted that altho obscured by a cruddy wig and mud, the face on the severed > head -- which the King describes to Sansa as being her father -- is that of > George Walker Bush... they explain that the prosthetics are hired rather > than purpose-built, and intended no malice to the Texan, but I imagine > enough GOP types were steamed... > Deadline<http://www.deadline.com/2012/06/george-w-bushs-severed-head-spotted-in-game-of-thrones/>, > Grantland<http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/51366/a-fake-george-w-bush-head-was-used-on-game-of-thrones-and-hbo-is-very-sorry-about-it> > > > > -- > BOB > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
