Bad Theater
Preparing a bill in Congress is colloquially called “Sausage Making”. I respectfully address the need for a new and improved sausage making machine.
I signal the fact the current Congressional sausage making machine is not a twenty first century state of the art product and could possibly make good theatre; it is hand cranked by workers in shifts and has no scheduled maintenance times. Most of its existing working parts are now unrecognizable relics of the originals, mindful of the brilliance and creativity of the Cubans in keeping their old American Chevrolet cars running. A further analogy could be made invoking memories of sketches of DaVinci’s flying machine as a stage production.
Show Time: Making Sausage
I do not understand why Pres. Obama and Company wanted to come on stage making sausage, of all things, and with an antiquated monstrosity. What were they thinking? Who did they think it would impress? For sure the box and front row patrons are not impressed at this point and there are loud boos coming from the distant balconies. Who would want to vicariously buy and eat sausages made under such unsanitary conditions?
Who is to tell Pres. Obama and Company there are newer sausage making machines? That some machines are computer run and small enough to sit on a counter-top? Sleek and shiny products that would look better on stage? That they can make the finest sausage in a fraction of the time it is taking their 19C prop? That they could experience much less frustrations and faux theatrics and also have improved dialog because what they are calling dialog is becoming tiresome and, worst, predictable?
Who will tell them? Will it be the mystery guest we are told lurking behind stage door #1, 2 or 3? Will act three bring this show to a satisfying ending? If not, will this much talked about and highly anticipated farce of a show close right after the New Year in 2010? (Anyhow, whoever heard of a show about making sausage?) Dumb!
Intermission!
As always,
BB
I signal the fact the current Congressional sausage making machine is not a twenty first century state of the art product and could possibly make good theatre; it is hand cranked by workers in shifts and has no scheduled maintenance times. Most of its existing working parts are now unrecognizable relics of the originals, mindful of the brilliance and creativity of the Cubans in keeping their old American Chevrolet cars running. A further analogy could be made invoking memories of sketches of DaVinci’s flying machine as a stage production.
Show Time: Making Sausage
I do not understand why Pres. Obama and Company wanted to come on stage making sausage, of all things, and with an antiquated monstrosity. What were they thinking? Who did they think it would impress? For sure the box and front row patrons are not impressed at this point and there are loud boos coming from the distant balconies. Who would want to vicariously buy and eat sausages made under such unsanitary conditions?
Who is to tell Pres. Obama and Company there are newer sausage making machines? That some machines are computer run and small enough to sit on a counter-top? Sleek and shiny products that would look better on stage? That they can make the finest sausage in a fraction of the time it is taking their 19C prop? That they could experience much less frustrations and faux theatrics and also have improved dialog because what they are calling dialog is becoming tiresome and, worst, predictable?
Who will tell them? Will it be the mystery guest we are told lurking behind stage door #1, 2 or 3? Will act three bring this show to a satisfying ending? If not, will this much talked about and highly anticipated farce of a show close right after the New Year in 2010? (Anyhow, whoever heard of a show about making sausage?) Dumb!
Intermission!
As always,
BB
posted by BB at 9:48 PM
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