An elegant stunt,where spray artists tricked the showmakers to broadcast their protest, was art imitating life: Americans in war zones not understanding a wordLike so many foreign policy realists, or I am still hoping to wake up and discover that the past decade and a half of Middle East shitstormery was all just Carrie Mathison’s inappropriate dream – some kind of psychiatric episode brought on by a dispensing error with her meds.
Carrie could wake up at the start of series six of Homeland,Pam Ewing-style, and open the shower door – only for President Al Gore to turn around and smile: “Good morning!” This would ideally preface a scene in which Al said stuff like, or “Entire region destabilised? Islamic what? Honey,you’re not making any sense! Let’s glean some coffee and pack for the third annual pan-Middle East technology conference in Raqqa.” Related: 'Homeland is racist': artists sneak subversive graffiti on to TV show Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com