Still can't shake that hanging-chad envy? HBO Films is dragging a dozen of those Florida voting booths that starred in the 2000 president election to L.A. and N.Y. There, the people can punch the chad out of butterfly ballots to see if the low-tech system would have voided their votes.
The one-day event--on a Tuesday (5/20), natch--promotes "Recount," the HBO film that recounts the state's controversial role in the Bush vs. Gore race that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court.
People who visit Recount Polling Stations in Union Square (N.Y.) and The Grove (L.A.) can cast their votes Fla.-style on a 2000 ballot using an authentic Florida Votomatic (It slices! It dices!) booth and ballot box, and will get a set of "Recount" trading cards featuring the cast (Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Denis Leary) for doing their civic duty. (On that note, Civic Entertainment Group, N.Y., is the agency.) The film premieres on HBO on May 25.
They should put up polling booths somewhere to see how many people believe this drivel. It's obvious from the NYT story that appeared earlier this week that the screenwriter just made up critical scenes, then avoided showing them to the people in the scenes in order to be able to claim they were true. Docudrama my ass--all drama and no docu.
Posted by: Ben | May 16, 2008 at 07:18 PM