Their headline? How George W. Bush is like Batman.
"Now hear me out hear me out. They both live in MANSIONS........(illegible)..., And what does Bruce Wayne's last name start with? *holds up three fingers* Huh...HUH?!"
"You are right! And Adam West too! *laughs*"
On the television screen behind them is video footage from the Dark Knight and George W. Bush going simultaneously. Lets not forget their ticker.
A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol of a bat projected onto the surface of the racing clouds . . .
Oh, wait a minute. That's not a bat, actually. In fact, when you trace the outline with your finger, it looks kind of like . . . a "W."
There seems to me no question that the Batman film "The Dark Knight," currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.
That's real moral complexity. And when our artistic community is ready to show that sometimes men must kill in order to preserve life; that sometimes they must violate their values in order to maintain those values; and that while movie stars may strut in the bright light of our adulation for pretending to be heroes, true heroes often must slink in the shadows, slump-shouldered and despised -- then and only then will we be able to pay President Bush his due and make good and true films about the war on terror.
Perhaps that's when Hollywood conservatives will be able to take off their masks and speak plainly in the light of day.
I thougt batman was, you know, about batman.
Nope, its about beating up terrorists. Beating up terrorists with cartoony action words after every punch.
"What am I, dense? Am I retarded or something? I'm the goddamn GEORGE DOUBLE-U!"
Does this mean Obama is Orpheus?
I wish Fox news had more foxes
I wish Faux News had actual news
Oprah Winfrey is crowned Queen of the North American Union today.
