The Web videos created to promote the first family's dogs (Barney and Miss Beazley) -- and to burnish the idea that this West Wing is like a grown-up Mickey Mouse Club, where everyone wanders around saying "gosh" and pretending dogs are people -- are deeply strange. The madcap premises (Miss Beazley's poll numbers are up while Barney's are down, and boy, is he steamed!) make you yearn for that other, purple Barney's subversive humor. Much stranger, though, is the forced cheer in the performances of White House staffers; you can practicallly hear the gunshots Karl Rove is firing off at their feet as he cackles "Dance! Dance!" [Paid for by tax dollars??] |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.