Saturday, September 04, 2004
No Artistic Deed Goes Unpunished
That theatrical set they came up with for George W. Bush's acceptance speech wasn't just dazzling—it appears it was illegal. And underhanded.0 comments
First, the illegal:
The RNC and Pres. Bush violated Title 18, Section 713 of the US Code
Then:
While we're on the subject of Shrub's set, did you get a load of the subliminal crosses behind him?
On a long shot of the podium, you see three or more rows of Old Glorys displayed like a page of postage stamps on the Jumbotron screen behind him.
As the camera pulls in for the tight bust shot, where it stayed for the majority of the speech, you now clearly see the overly heavy border frames around all of the stamp-like flags, making for a sort of tic-tac-toe board behind Bush.
You slowly notice that at tight close-up, the centerpiece of the background no longer is the flag, but rather the heavy border frames, which now have the bar above him and the bar below cropped off. This leaves heavy vertical lines just off each shoulder and at his spine, and one heavy horizontal line at his neck line.
Voila!
A "cross" on either side of George, whichever side he slides to.
Nasty, but slick, very slick.
These guys plan for, and sweat over, every minute detail so spare me the complaints that Karl Rove and his team merely created a "happy accident."
I did have this very strong urge to tithe 10% of my income during the later portions of the speech, though.
posted by Gotham 2:54 AM
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