White House Accidentally Screens 'Brokeback Mountain'

[kweerwolf]

In what the official White House spokesman today called "a regrettable mistake," the White House had a private screening last night of the critically acclaimed gay western, "Brokeback Mountain."

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According to one source, however, the decision to screen the film was made by the president himself, who thought that the two ranch hands would be mainly occupied with clearing brush, as he himself is fond of doing at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

Additionally, the source said, the film was directed by Ang Lee, who directed one of President Bush's all-time favorite films, "The Hulk."

Eyewitnesses at the screening said that seconds into the film's first explicit man-on-man love scene, shrieks of alarm rose up from the audience and there was a frantic stampede for the exit.

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_28958.shtml

And, yes, this is a satire. ;-)

[Sapphocrat]

1. ROFL! n/t

[tanyev]

2. A frantic stampede for the exit....

followed by dozens of phone calls asking if a copy could be discreetly sent to their home address, once the DVD is released.

[Caoimhe]

3. bwahahha n/t

[katinmn]

4. HAHAHAHAHAHA!

:)

[keopeli]

5. These people are laughable - look what they're showing tonight: RENT!

Mr. McClellan said that the White House would take "better care" to make sure that films with gay content do not find their way into the screening room, adding, "We feel more optimistic about tonight's double feature, ‘Capote' and ‘Rent.'"

[kweerwolf]

6. Tomorrow Dubya will be singing ...

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes times three that make up the rest of my pres-i-den-ceeeeeeeeeee ..."

[Jamastiene]

10. Slapping leg.

:rofl: The joke's on them. Can't wait to see their reaction to their "non" gay choice there. Hehehehe. You can't make this stuff up.

[BR_Parkway]

7. As many closet cases in this Admin, I wouldn't have thought it

satire at all. They're dying to see it, just haven't figured out a way to make it politically passable yet. A 'mistake' would be one way.

Inviting Dobson, Falwell and the other self hating KKKristians (who spend more time thinking about gay sex than I do) to the WH for a special screening so they can report on it's dangerous affects to their loyal base is the more likely scenario. At least, ala Monica, we can count on the press to report on Woodies in the White House - regardless of the other crimes they routinely overlook or spin.

[1monster]

8. This is from the Onion, isn't it????? What a world when you can't tell if

something is satire or straight fact... (ahem, uh) I mean the actual story. :evilgrin:

That was very clever.

[swimmernsecretsea]

9. What a coincidence. I'd thought up the same fantasy scenario

...and probably the same fantasy scenario as some members of the Press Corps, Cabinet, and administration members, you closeted bigots, you.

[Meldread]

11. Jeff Ganon. 'Nuff said. -nt-