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Bluenorthwest

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13. Extra points for Gennie refs....

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 05:34 PM

Mar 2012

Ah, Rochester...
When you are less in your cups, I can explain to you why the heroes of that piece are in fact Obama and the American electorate, and the Harrelson character's actions are decidedly shown as the opposite of heroism. He is the flawed henchman to a fool/king with a masked monster in their camp. Had the Good Guy not won, the monster and the people were doomed to meet poor ends. It ends with less gore than Hamlet, yet Woody was the Dane, Sarah is Claudius, McCain is Gertrude/Polonius, the powers that are allowing the monster control. Obama, like Fortinbras, is mostly an off stage presence who enters just at the end, when the tragic figures are finished playing out their drama.
So it is Hamlet. Or many other things.

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i'm drunk right now and wanna make a point about Game Change... [View all] PCIntern Mar 2012 OP

I'm drunk right now and I wanna fight...or sleep. ret5hd Mar 2012 #1

u take the first swing!... PCIntern Mar 2012 #2

I'll drink to that! Lint Head Mar 2012 #3

...an I'll drink to THAT!!! PCIntern Mar 2012 #4

There's something about DU when yer drunk... nt napoleon_in_rags Mar 2012 #5

just gotta make sure i doan get banned or nothing...n/t PCIntern Mar 2012 #6

As the sober guy in this conversation... napoleon_in_rags Mar 2012 #7

i'm not angry(ier)...just less inhibited... PCIntern Mar 2012 #8

And THAT is an awesome idea... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #9

I get into trouble when I do Ichingcarpenter Mar 2012 #17

It's been over 25 years since I had a Gennie Cream Ale zappaman Mar 2012 #10

Go and take a nap. You'll feel better. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #11

OK, I'll say it: I love you, man! CTyankee Mar 2012 #12

thanks... PCIntern Mar 2012 #15

Extra points for Gennie refs.... Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #13

How completely cool is it... longship Mar 2012 #16

I agree. aaaaaa5a Mar 2012 #14

Well Son of Gob Mar 2012 #18

Thanks. You make much more sense drunk than the R's do sober. Scuba Mar 2012 #19

Dude, we were just one long flight of stairs away from a President Palin, had they won the election. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #20

Friends don't let friends davidpdx Mar 2012 #21