Posted by
Icarus on Friday, December 26, 2008 1:18:39 AM
Is there
any movie that
does not include some element of Bush Derangement Syndrome? ... Anyone? ... Bueller?
When my wife saw the trailer for The Nanny Diaries, she immediately went online and added it to our Netflix list. I thought it looked harmless enough and might even have something to say about families and the importance of raising children. And to an extent it was. The "systemic child neglect" that occurs among the New York gliterati was on display for all to see. It has some humorous and touching moments.
And, since this is Hollywood, it also includes an obvious BDS scene. That scene appears during a 4th of July office party. In the film the party was a costume affair for the hired help. As Scarlett Johansan, playing Annie, the Nanny, walks down a hall, a woman, who happens to be black walks past with a child in her arms. The woman is dressed as Condaleeza Rice and the child is wearing a George W. Bush mask. Pres. Bush, the child, being carried by his African-American Nanny. Why? What is the point of a scene like that other than to show everyone what you think of the 43rd President of these United States? With one brief scene, you turned a marginally amusing and touching film into a joke.
Hey, Hollywood: Grow up. The world does not care what you think of the President.
Boy, I can't wait for the movie that shows an 8 year child wearing an Obama mask and being carried by a Nanny dressed like Sec. of State Hillary Clinton. ... Yeah, like that's going to happen.