9/29/2005
The Tragicomedy of MacBush
When I was back in the People's Republic of Cambridge I used to run a very silly comedy show. Once every couple of months we would do a theme show. For instance, PBS Parody Night, Science Fair (taking a shot at the Creationists), and an awards show parody we called the Sally Awards.
I mention this because this TPMCafe thread got me thinking. You know, it would be fun to have a novel, play or short film looking at the impeachment of Bush.
I have no experience with the novel genre, so I'm not sure how to approach that. A short film would be most straightforward to do as a mocumentary, looking at the last days of the Bush administration before the resignations of Bush and Cheney. The nice thing about the short film approach is that actual news footage can be used along with fictional interviews.
A play could be done either in a "Law&Order" style, meaning investigation leads to plot twists leads to a trial, or as a modernization of a classic work. Since Shakespeare is as close to perfection as anything we have in the English-speaking world, that would be my first choice, and Macbeth comes to mind as a work where the plot and personalities have a good deal in common with the Bushies (think Rove as Lady MacBeth).
I mention this in the hopes that this could spark the imaginations of some of the creative folks who visit here.
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