Got Powder? and the V Coincidence.

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was one of many attempts by British Catholics in the late 1500s and early 1600s to restore what they saw as the true church. However, it stood out from other conspiracies because it was aimed at Parliament as well as the monarch...

In the early 1700s, after choosing Protestantism over Catholicism, the British began to celebrate the anniversary of the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot.
In England this holiday became known as Guy Fawkes’ Day, and was celebrated by burning Fawkes in effigy. Later, fireworks were added to the festivities.

Children made human figures out of straw and sticks, and begged coins from passersby by asking, “Penny for the Guy?” They chanted rhymes like these:

“Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intent
To blow up King and Parliament.”

A few old Fawkes’ Night rhymes were aimed at the far-off leader of the Catholic Church:

“A penny loaf to feed the Pope.
A farthing cheese to choke him.
A pint of beer to rinse it down.
A faggot of sticks to burn him.”

You've gotta like it when they get the kids involved in political propaganda...mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.


Image by DutchPhil

Linking today's uh...celebration to a more current-events note,
quite a few people made some specific parallels between the movie "V for Vendetta" and the Bush Administration back when that movie premiered....
"V for Vendetta Against Bush"

Clearly the filmmakers intended to make this a parable of the Bush administration. A character in the film says that "America's war" came to their country.

Well... Guess what? The V is on the other foot now...



V:Tea Party TV at The New Republic

"...The political drama of the original was replaced by a ham-handed metaphor for President Obama. The visitors are young, charismatic, futuristic, and have a one-worldish vision of peace. They target the young by enticing them to join an idealistic (but, in reality, sinister) youth group. A few perceptive humans warn of the dangers of hopping on the bandwagon before we know what the bandwagon is really about."

Wow.
Hollywood making thinly-veiled political references to garner ratings and publicity?
No! Say it ain't so!



So... What are the odds that V gets "canceled due to low ratings" once the White House makes a few carefully chosen phone calls?

Word around the campfire is that they are going to air 4 of the regular episodes, then it will go on hiatus (nudge nudge wink wink) until March...(never to return).

My question is how did ABC (Barry's lapdog) ever green-light the content of this remake of V?

TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE