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Title: John McCain's Casting Couch
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URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20 ... t=AiOU_PXLWcnvbIgZZpg6VCK7e8UF
Published: Sep 1, 2008
Author: Peter Bart
Post Date: 2008-09-03 09:23:36 by angle
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Views: 130
Comments: 1

I've always disliked casting meetings. Prepping a movie is an engaging process, but picking the right actor for the right role is downright frustrating.

For one thing, there's always somebody in the meeting who thinks he has the magic answers. He knows who is destined for stardom. Then there's the director, who looks smart but can't make up his mind.

I was thinking about this process the other day when I learned that John McCain had held his casting session and selected his star -- a woman named Sarah Palin. McCain and Palin have had only one substantive conversation, it seems, but he concluded she was right for the role. Or maybe that's what his casting director told him.

I would imagine the McCain casting process went roughly like this:

McCain: I've got a big problem here. My prospective running mates are about as exciting as a Senate debate. They couldn't keep a Rotary Club awake.

Casting Director: I hear you. You need an unknown. Maybe your show needs a female lead.

McCain: Cindy is my female lead.

Casting Director: So we find a second lead. She should have looks, but not celebrity looks, like Barack.

McCain: She should suggest 'values.' And still have charisma. Someone like Hillary. But not like Hillary.

Casting Director: An Annette Bening type. Annette has lots of kids, but you'd never know it.

McCain: But we need someone with Middle America kids.

Casting Director: So she must be a Mom. The sort of Mom Dr. Laura would be if she were a woman.

McCain: Family values. Pro-life. Remember the young Debbie Reynolds? Saucy but sweet. A soccer mom type.

Casting Director: Soccer mom is old. I'm thinking hockey mom. More active. I'm thinking Alaska. That governor woman in Alaska.

McCain: I said I wanted an unknown, but not an Eskimo.

Casting Director: No, no... the Alaska woman was once a model before she became a governor. Been in office a few weeks, but still a hockey mom.

McCain: That's good. No baggage like Joe Biden has.

Casting Director: She's a little too pretty, but I'll tell her to wear her glasses. And bring her kids.

McCain: She must wear her glasses when she meets Cindy.

Casting Director: I'll set up a screen test. With glasses. Plus, I think I can get options on her.

McCain: Must have options. If she works out we want to own her for two terms.

Casting Director: It's in the bag.

So that's how I think McCain chose his co-star. And he'd better be happy with his choice because this show is already on the road.

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And he'd better be happy with his choice because this show is already on the road.

"show" is exactly what it is.

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christine  posted on  2008-09-03   10:05:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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