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Remember the Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore global-warming pitch at the Academy Awards? Before they spoke, the screen at the back of the stage flashed not-so-subliminal messages about how to save the planet. My personal favorite was "Ride mass transit." This to a conclave of Hollywood plutocrats who have not seen the inside of a subway since the moon landing and for whom mass transit means a stretch limo seating no fewer than...
...only fuels the antiviolence Zeitgeist that 24 has become not only a poster show for gore but also a bęte noire of Iraq-war opponents, who say that it rationalizes state brutality. They seized on a New Yorker article in which Army officers complained that West Point students cited 24 as an argument for torture. (G.O.P. Senator John McCain, a 24 fan, has made the same criticism...
Certainly, many families want alternatives to violent TV. And guess what? They have them and, amazingly, can wield a remote well enough to find them. Family-friendly American Idol is the biggest show on TV. Cable, that font of gore, offers more family and documentary shows than ever were available in the three-channel era. But if politicians simply respected the audience's choices, stopped posturing against theoretical violence and fictional bad guys, they would have to focus on, say, the thornier problems of stopping actual bloodshed in the real world...
...Laughs.] Head of State is a comedy. It has nothing to do with Barack Obama. Mr. Obama is pretty serious and should be taken seriously. You know, I like him. I like Gore. Hillary too--she's O.K. She can get a job in the Cabinet...
...President Bush’s approval ratings continue to plummet, many Americans may be asking themselves, “What if Al Gore had won the election?” Then many of them quickly realize that he did win the election—at least the popular vote—and, embittered, yet resigned, they quickly go back to expressing their frustration with the current President...