PJ: Why blast a movie for its content before it is even seen? Why not just ignore "Game Change" if it is 'fiction'? Why are Palin and her fans going to such orchestrated lengths to dissuade people from watching this movie? The lady doth protest too much, methinks....
The plot thickens...In a related story, uncovered by Politico.com in the US, Palin aide Jason Recher, (who has joined with the Palin camp in attempting to discredit the film) had offered 'confidential' help to screenwriter Danny Strong. In an email to the him, Mr. Richter wrote:
“Thanks for the call, I enjoyed speaking with you,” Recher wrote.
“Considering your past work with Recount, I believe you want to make GameChange [sic] as realistic as possible. Governor Palin is a unique and complex player in the book and even more so in reality.”
“Based on our discussion, I believe it key to your project to accurately reflect the nuances of her personality as it was in public and behind the curtain in addition to the at times dramatic scenes and settings we found ourselves in,” he said.
“I would be pleased to confidentially consult with you on this and suggest we discuss a formal agreement to do so. I would look forward to meeting with you and Jay and discussing my unique experiences directly from memory and not for spin to assist you on the project.”
“Thanks again and should you and the production team like to move forward I am open to discuss options,” he said, signing the email, “JR.”
In his research about the book which the movie is based on, Mr. Strong had this to say about his conversations with Mr. Recher:
“I asked him if ‘Game Change’ was based on a false narrative and he said, ‘No,’” Strong said.
You can read the story at Politico.com: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/73236.html
Update: Read this review from Z on TV about the film, its impact and why it is important in today's American political landscape: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-game-change--hbo-sarah-palin-posse-spin-it--20120222,0,1265581,full.story
The Independent
'Abusive, sick, unfair...' No, not Palin, but the new movie about her
A screen portrayal has hit a raw nerve with America's right. Is it too close to the truth?
After years of stonewalling what they regard as the liberal elite media, Sarah Palin's closest associates have decided to use America's mainstream press to mount a pre-emptive strike against a new film chronicling the former vice-presidential candidate's rise to political stardom.
Seven of the ex-Alaska governor's former staffers made headlines yesterday by holding a 50-minute conference call with journalists in which they angrily aired criticisms of the television movie Game Change, in which Ms Palin is portrayed by Julianne Moore.
The high-profile project, for the cable channel HBO, was described as a "sick," "abusive," and "fabricated" representation of the 2008 election campaign. It wrongly portrays Ms Palin as abrasive and emotionally combustible, they claimed, and distorts her grasp of foreign affairs.
Not one of the seven participants in the phone call has seen Game Change, which will not air until mid-March. But they have all read the book on which it was based, and watched, with some horror, the trailers on HBO's website.
"Frankly, it gives fiction a bad name," declared Ms Palin's former foreign policy advisor, Randy Scheunemann. "It is based on intentionally misleading lies." Meg Stapleton, her former PR manager, added: "We all know Palin sells and the dramatisation of Palin sells even more. This is sick. The media has gone too far."
Doug McMarlin and Jason Recher, who were both aides to Ms Palin during her 2008 bid for the vice-presidency said respectively: "It's like me telling you what happened at your wedding by talking to your caterers," and "it's a false portrait cobbled together by a bunch of people who simply weren't there."
In certain segments from Game Change, Julianne Moore who bears an uncanny resemblance to Ms Palin, appears to believe that Saddam Hussein, and not Osama bin Laden, launched the 9/11 attacks, and that the Queen, and not the Prime Minister, runs the British government.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/abusive-sick-unfair-no-not-palin-but-the-new-movie-about-her-7440043.html
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