Is 'Alpha House' parody of GOP on target?

[Danascot]

"The challenge that Republicans face is captured in a new pilot airing on Amazon Instant Video, "Alpha House," written by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau and starring John Goodman. The comedy focuses on the life of a group of four GOP senators who room together on Capitol Hill in what the producers call a "man cave."

The pilot shows Republicans in Washington who are essentially faking it, putting on theater for constituents despite what they really believe. The show begins with one of the senators, played by Bill Murray, oversleeping on the morning he was supposed to turn himself in to the Department of Justice for some kind of unspecified wrongdoing.

One of the senators, a closeted homosexual, tries to bolster his heterosexual credentials by castigating gay marriage in front of a conservative group and trying to learn to shoot a gun for a possible photo op.

Goodman plays a South Carolina senator who is grudgingly forced to campaign in his state even though he has little interest in dealing with voters."

Apologies if this is a repost. This is the first I've heard of it and it sounds AWESOME!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/opinion/zelizer-gop-authenticity-woes/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories

I'm off to watch the pilot:

http://www.amazon.com/Pilot/dp/B00CDURMD8

[pinboy3niner]

1. Howard Kurtz interviews Trudeau about the project:

Garry Trudeau’s Online Adventure
http://reliablesources.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/05/garry-trudeaus-online-adventure/