Weapons Inspector Haunts Bush in British Satire

[ze_dscherman]

It is polling day in the United States and George W. Bush has gathered together his friends and family at the White House to celebrate his imminent re-election.

But the party is gate-crashed by a sinister U.N. weapons inspector, just back from 18 fruitless months wandering Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

He has a devastating report to deliver to the U.S. Congress and a few tough questions to ask Bush and his friends.

That, in short, is the plot of a new play by director Justin Butcher, whose first political farce, "The Madness of George Dubya," took London's theaterland by storm a year ago when it was staged during the build-up to the Iraq war.

"A Weapons Inspector Calls" is a similar offering -- "slapstick, vulgar, brash entertainment," according to Butcher.

It mercilessly pours scorn on Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and their increasingly desperate efforts to justify the decision to invade Iraq.

More: http://news.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3977071

[xchrom]

1. desperate

how accurate -- i'd like to see both.
i could use a laugh when i think about iraq and america.

[izzie]

2. Like the Capital Steps group

I saw them once and they are funny. You can pull them up and hear some of it on internet.