Bulldog In The White House (2006/Water Beater)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C+     Extras: C     Feature: B-

 

 

Unless they are from the world the documentary Gay Republicans offers, the gay and lesbian community must be in constant shock or laughter when they are not outright angry as to what has been going on since the second Bush Administration took over.  No administration has been more obsessed with homosexuality considering they seem to dislike it so much in the history of this or any democracy/republic.  After all, what can you say about an administration that makes a law against gay marriage a big issue, with plans on using it as a Constitution shredder, when the Vice President’s daughter is openly lesbian and they are not just avoiding condemning her, but celebrating her?

 

Todd Verow decided to take the hypocrisy to a new level, portraying everyone in the White House as forming a homosexual stronghold in Bulldog In The White House, envisioning Bush as a closet case, Karl Rove as a homosexual pervert with the evil personality of a James Bond villain and general madness that never pulls any punches in blasting all on a personal level.

 

Though it would have been even more subversive if they had gone for broke, there is plenty of dark humor and heavy doses of gay community language to make the messages here clear.  There is more to say, but at 80 minutes, there is more than enough here to send the GOP climbing up the walls.

 

The 1.33 X 1 image was shot on low def video, is soft, but is consistent enough to retain its color and has some interesting moments of editing and even montages.  The Dolby Digital 2.0 is simple stereo and though it has some flaws from the location recording, is not bad.  Extras include deleted scenes.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo