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Confirming we truly live in the corniest hell, Hulu begins developing Hilary Clinton alt history series
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I found this in an Amazon Review. Apparently it falls apart in the second half.
This is going to be quite something, isn't it.
That sounds actually offensively bad
If Trump wasn't elected and Hillary was, he would either have a prime time TV show or entire news network made up of alt-right people screaming every single day about the election and how bad it is in the world.
We'd most likely be in the exact same space with people's mindsets regardless.
the venn diagram between this show watchers and hamilton fans has been confirmed to be a perfect circle
Why not?
People can think what they want about Hillary now, but it's hard to deny that she's a fascinating study.
She was a politically driven young woman who held radical feminist views (for the era) and had the AOC-like ability to drive the right absolutely bonkers by merely breathing.
Remember, we're talking about this person:
What her life would have been had she not tied her fortunes to Bill Clinton could make for a good story. And last I checked the book this is based on was well received.
am I missing something here? seems like hulu is beginning development on an alternate history series about hillary clinton ("Hulu begins developing Hilary Clinton alt history series") and that does indeed confirm that we are living in the corniest hell ("Confirming we truly live in the corniest hell")
I told myself I'd never say this phrase, but this post is "money".
Many countries have a problem with creating cults of personalities around their politicians/powerful people - and usually, those least deserving of becoming role models.
But the US dials this shit up to 11. Embarrassing.
But the US dials this shit up to 11. Embarrassing.
Well, the thread title infers a hell of a lot, especially if you're unaware of the book that the series is based on. Crappy thread title going for glib laughs rather than actual imparting of information.
"Corniest hell" assumes you hold the same views of Hillary Clinton that certain groups do. It implies that Hillary isn't a long-standing public figure worthy of having her life explored and/or speculated on, when really that's all we've ever done.
And people are entitled to feel how they want about Hillary. She's a polarizing figure. But seeing as this show is based on a popular book, I'd say not everyone feels this is a sign of the corny end times.
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There could very well be an interesting story there, but I question why it needs to be delivered as essentially irl fan fiction instead of an original character blatantly inspired by Hillary.
Mythologizing public figures like that as if they're fictional characters rather than real people makes me a little uncomfortable.
Mythologizing public figures like that as if they're fictional characters rather than real people makes me a little uncomfortable.
I don't know, sounds like hulu is beginning development on an alternate history hillary clinton series
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yes they're going to use the technology from The Irishman
But the first thought when someone says that is not "Young Hillary doesn't marry Bill. What happens?"
I mean, I've got the book on my Amazon wishlist, and even I didn't know the title was referencing the book. (Good thing I read the embedded link.)
that's certainly what I took from the title, which states that hulu is beginning to develop a hillary clinton alt-history series
I've taken a lot of critical reading classes, though, so I'm very good at getting information out of what are assuredly very complex sentences
But that would require more than "and then things didn't go to hell"
Ah, perhaps you missed the class on reader's assumptions, acquired knowledge and inference. :)
I'm all ears!
Who knew all those hours back in 2017 writing my Bernie fan fiction might finally pay off. BRB, boutta pitch to Netflix
Here's the thing: people mythologize "Shillary Killton" all the time.
A fundamental difference here is that this is mythologizing that's positively framed.
i think someone said "we need a woman president show"
then they did the documentary on her campaign which was well done i guess?
next obvious step was fanfictionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
then they did the documentary on her campaign which was well done i guess?
next obvious step was fanfictionnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
It sounds like we agree that mythologizing political figures is a problem. I don't think it's a problem that's solved by doing it the other way.
what if Bernie never bought his third house?
can someone make a tv show where she doesnt beg Bill to sign the horrific welfare reform that ruined the lives of countless people?
It's a very weird premise for a show, I have to say. I'd be way more interested in an alt-history show where the story is that Carol Moseley Braun won the 2004 election. Or hell, one where Shirley Chisholm won in 1972. That'd be some shit.
I mean, I've been upfront that I would probably watch the show. That said, not going to pretend like I don't see your point.
I just have a suspicion that some of the people complaining about positive mythologizing of Hillary Clinton are not so upset about some of the cartoonishly villainous characterizations she's gotten over the decades.
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Pulitzer on lock.
Clinton wouldn't have dismantled the apparatus Obama put in place to stop such a pandemic, to begin with, like Trump did. She would have listened to leading health experts and scientists and got in front of it when news hit US intelligence back in January. So it's really hard to say how differently things would have gone. But I think it's safe to say they would have gone better. We probably wouldn't have nearly as many angry people marching around with US flag shirts calling people racial slurs because they have to wear a mask to pick up their take out.
And now I have images of hardcore graphic sex scenes starring Bernie Sanders. Thanks...
We don't need or want this.
But if the premise is "how far could an extremely intelligent woman with loads of ambition, few scruples, and little charm, succeed in American politics?" I don't know, there might be value in that. Sort of a female version of Frank Underwood in House of Cards, with less murder. I'm not taking anything away from Hillary, she's a smart person, but without Bill's political talent and charisma I don't know how far she would have gone. DC is full of sharp policy people with Ivy League degrees.
Holy fuck lol
But if the premise is "how far could an extremely intelligent woman with loads of ambition, few scruples, and little charm, succeed in American politics?" I don't know, there might be value in that. Sort of a female version of Frank Underwood in House of Cards, with less murder. I'm not taking anything away from Hillary, she's a smart person, but without Bill's political talent and charisma I don't know how far she would have gone. DC is full of sharp policy people with Ivy League degrees.
Holy fuck lol
Yeah so fascinating to imagine a world where Hilary Clinton wasn't an awful human being who made her own choices to tie herself to Bill Clinton and then go on to do anything in the name of becoming president rather than losing to one of the most hated people of all time. This woman literally had inmates working as servants for her. This is, in every sense of the words, corny as hell (and thats the nice way of putting it).