What happens when a right-winger wants to make a miniseries?
Well, you make one about Clinton and his family but that's been there, done that, even if it is like candy to them.
Or you can do what former 24 writer/producer and producer of FOX Noise's late, unlamented 1/2 Hour of Conservative Backslapping Joel Surnow is doing...a miniseries about the Kennedys, which, in the press release states that the miniseries will explore "the soiled and crooked steps" the family took to get to the White House.
Yeah, that's impartial.
http://www.variety.com/...
'Kennedy' mini: View from the right
Joel Surnow takes on political family
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER
"24" co-creator Joel Surnow is taking on the Kennedy clan, penning a 10-hour miniseries about the political family.
"The Kennedys," which Canadian distributor Muse Entertainment plans to shop this weekend at the MIP TV conference in Cannes, is sure to stir up controversy back here in the States.
Surnow, who's politically active in conservative politics, is drawing up a longform that will "unveil secrets" about the liberal-minded family.
According to Muse -- which sent out a press release Wednesday -- "The Kennedys" will explore "the soiled and crooked steps" the family took to get to the White House.
"It also tells the historical stories that are associated with the Kennedy era -- the Bay of Pigs, the Missile Crisis, the civil rights struggle, the mob connection -- each one told in the context of personal, Kennedy-family dramas."
Muse is in talks with at least one cable network to air the history-minded drama.
According to Muse, the project has a budget of $30 million. Surnow will exec produce with Stephen Kronish, as well as Muse's Michael Prupas and Asylum Ent.'s Jonathan Koch and Steven Michaels.
Surnow most recently exec produced the satire series "The ½ Hour News Hour" for the Fox News Channel. Beyond "24," his credits include "La Femme Nikita," "Nowhere Man" and "The Commish."
Hmmm...I wonder what cable network they're "in talks with"?
So get ready, fellow Kossacks, for what I'm sure will be a riveting portrayal of a man and family that struggle through the decades against adversity and dysfunction, as we all do, to champion causes and passions greater than their own selves.
Or not. I'm thinking there'll be "cut" scenes, much like a video game. Like "Kennedy shares a Shasta with Fidel in the Oval Office" or "Jackie cuts a server at Chasen's for looking at her" or the "Shriver Circle" that meets each Thursday at 5AM in the waning moonlight deep in the forest, complete with black robes and ominous chanting.
While we're at it, let's get our own miniseries prepped. By this autumn, I think we should start production on Bill O'Reilly: A Completely Truthful Film Not Full Of Any Fabrications, Falsehoods, Or Falafels.