Don't Play With Me

Friday, October 17, 2008

First off, all the main events in this trailer concern George Walker Bush, Jr. It seems like the main events from the trailer are Bush’s stint in college, his conflict with his father, and his stint as the president.

In college the cut scenes show Bush as a rambunctious teenager. We see scenes of Bush drinking and gambling, and dancing on tables with loose women. We also see him wreck a vehicle. I guess this event tells us that he had some wild and crazy college years. College years seemed to be pretty fun for George. We see that Bush is a really kind of chill guy in his younger age, and still is today. He seems like he doesn’t have too many problems and he is always in a pleasant mood.

The cut scenes also tend to focus on the conflict with Bush and his father, H.W. Bush. We see in one scene that Bush Jr. gets into a fight with H.W. Bush, showing that their relationship has some dysfunction. Bush Jr. also comments on how he cannot get out of his father’s light. Since his father has some status, people hold Bush Jr. up to high expectations than anyone else. We see that Bush Jr. has some pressure with being the son of a powerful man. A young Bush Jr. assures his buddies that he never plans to follow in his father’s footsteps while taking a swig.

His stint in the presidency focuses on his relationship mainly with his cabinet, specifically Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. We see that George gets counseling from Dick; I guess this implies that Dick is the real person in charge and George is just the front man. We see that he has some conflict with Donald over the war that they started together; it seems that George has a tendency to undermine Donald, and Donald doesn’t like it. This shows the dysfunction in the Bush White House during the war on terrorism. The war gets spotlighted much since it is a big chapter in the Bush presidency. We see many protests and stuff being blown up in the quick cut scenes.

That’s about it. As a sidenote this movie doesn’t seem too serious to me. It says it’s based on a true story, but it looks like another “pick on our dumb president” moment. I don’t think the producers of the film wanted to put much spotlight on main events in Bush’s life; it looks like they wanted to show his incompetence in a satirical way.

Peace.