Saturday, February 28, 2004

Reality? TV?

Well, that seals it.

We live in a TV world. You've seen it coming. You've felt the unreality of your life the past couple of years. All those "reality TV" shows. You've seen how the White House stages everything (including war!) as a film event. So you should be prepared for....

D.H.S. - The Series



In what would be a highly unusual action for a president, George W. Bush is apparently giving the White House seal of approval to a television series, D.H.S.--The Series, a drama about the Department of Home Security being introduced Thursday night to prospective networks at an Industry gathering.

President Bush and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge both "endorse and contribute sound bites to the introductions of the series," according to the show's producers.

Though the series' theme relates to the President's agenda on national security and international terrorism, it is virtually unprecedented for the White House to endorse such a fictional representation. It is unclear what input or relation if any the President or the real DHS would have with the show in the future.


Yep. Roger Rabbit in the Twilight Zone.

Spaceship earth has voyaged into the Outer Limits.

What? Didn't see it coming? Kurt Vonnegut wasn't writing science fiction - he was simply writing the future.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

(I believe that production company credit says "Steeple Prods", although I believe it should say "Sheeple Prods".)

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