lol, the tea-party produced historical TV drama

[Enrique]

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/07/21/courage_new_hampshire/index.html

Despite the heavenly perfection of the free market, Hollywood, mysteriously, refuses to provide family-friendly entertainment that is, shall we say, correct, politically. While it may seem like the entertainment industry is devoted to profit above all else, and is therefore engaged in giving the people what they want, the truth is those show business freaks are shoving their liberal values down America's throat, as evidenced by "Glee" and Lady Gaga's appearance on "American Idol."

Thankfully the Tea Party has decided to produce its own entertainment, just like it produced its own history. If the grand liberal conspiracy theory of Hollywood is correct, underserved Real Americans will flock to Tea Party entertainment options in droves, forcing every film and television studio to produce appropriately conservative fare or go out of business entirely.

The first big offering from "Colony Bay Productions," the Tea Party-affiliated studio, is a TV show called "Courage, New Hampshire." It has not yet been picked up by any network, so the studio just released it on DVD and is selling it on its website.

"Courage, New Hampshire," disappointingly, is not the story of a grizzled Manchester homicide detective named "Danny Courage." It is, instead, a soapy period costume drama about the fictional town of Courage in the days before the American Revolution. The first episode, "The Travail of Sarah Pine," is the story of a colonial "grizzly momma" named Sarah Pine. Pine is a slow-witted, slightly deranged young woman who is convinced that a caddish British soldier who knocked her up a year ago will return to marry her. When the soldier, Sgt. Bob Weedle, returns to Courage for some other reason, a year later, he is arrested by the town's principled, honorable justice of the peace, Silas Rhodes, played by some guy. (Not sure why they couldn't get Jon Voight -- he would've been perfect.) (Oh, wait, this guy is the co-founder of Colony Bay Productions.)

As proof of the producers' commitment to historical accuracy, the British are all evil and speak with British accents, while the colonists are mostly good and speak with (wildly varying) American accents. (Well, one of them sort of has an Irish accent.)

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[enlightenment]

1. I think I may put this one on my students' review list -

for comic relief.

[deacon]

2. ...and, and, and Moses was Irish. Too bad Mel Brooks is too old to tackle this one. lol