DREAMWORKS EXECS TO ROCK: NO BUSH BASHING
That's right- Our Sainted President is now off limits as a satirical target. So much for free speech....
Comedian Chris Rock has been strongly advised not to engage in any Bush-bashing during the promotion of his new film HEAD OF STATE, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Rock once said of Bush: "He's not stupid, he's just drunk," adding, "All the black people who voted for Bush are both on his cabinet."....
In the movie, Rock plays a character who is the Democratic party's choice for its 2004 presidential nomination. Rock is also director, producer and co-scenarist.
"We are confident Chris knows this is not the appropriate time to make jokes about war and the president," said one top studio source. "We don't want to get Dixie-Chicked, or anything like that, out of the gate. We've invested tens of millions of dollars in the making of the movie and its marketing."
Right; the last thing the studio wants is a bunch of reactionary patriots starting a boycott. Or maybe they're worried that people will be upset because Rock might just be on the money? Whatever, the bottom line is, of course, the bottom line.
