The most true-to-life portrayal of a government agency since the X-Files
Posted on March 1, 2004 @ 2:47 pm
From Yahoo! News:
Bush Backs New Terrorism TV Series
By Jeffrey Jolson-ColburnIn 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…
The show is billed as a realistic action series following the exploits of Special DHS Agents Andrea Bacall and Jack Callahan, portrayed by actors Alison Heruth Waterbury and Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh. The characters venture from the halls of Washington, D.C., to war-torn locales as they fight fanatical terrorism. Producers claim “the series will educate, inform, and inspire the average citizens around the world about America’s front-line defense/offense against those who have declared war on the U.S. and our democratic allies.” (more)
Irrespective of my personal feelings about homeland security and the Bush Adminstration, this series strikes me as somewhat inappropriate at this juncture. On the one hand, I would contend that a true-to-life network drama chronicling the fight against “fanatical terrorism” could potentially trivialize an important issue. On the other, airing government-sanctioned popular entertainment about relatively controversial contemporary political issues — complete with soundbites from the president — seems like a road we might not want to travel down in the United States. At this point, I’m just curious to see if any of the networks will bite on the series or if they steer clear of any potential controversy.
For what it’s worth, I stumbled across the link to this story at VH1’s Best Week Ever Blog.
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Down the rabbit hole
I know a television show I won’t be watching:In what would be a highly unusual action for a president, George…
I think Bush finally realized that the way to the American public’s heart is through reality TV.