![]() BULLDOG in the WHITEHOUSE WINNER, BEST FEATURE FILM, CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2006 "Cheerfully obscene... the semi-coherent narrative tracks as a burlesque revue of Bush II scandals." - The Village Voice |
The horny, plotting and evil Bush Administration stars in a modern adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos's classic story of power and deceit, Dangerous Liaisons, comfortably splitting the difference between political commentary and gay porn. Bulldog in the Whitehouse is faithful to the traditional decadence of 18th century French aristocrats slutting around, but Verow adds insult to injury, deeming that these new players are all gays, and ensnared in incestuous webs of diabolical seductions and random hook-ups. Bulldog is a super-saturated narrative fueled by the fascinating charm and vulgarity of a community theater troupe on poppers. Karl
Rove is the grand dame Marquise, who puppets a washed-up hustler, Bulldog
(our transposed Valmont) to obstruct an impending alliance between his
ex, the twinky Religious Leader (noted performer Michael Burke), Verow casts himself as the tenacious Bulldog, a seldom-clothed power broker plowing a path of clammy bedsheets en route to acquiring the coveted "hard pass" from a virginal White House Press Secretary. If granted, such clearance would give the Bulldog no holds-barred access to getting in bed with the President. Along his way, machinations of desperate love and false promises bring ruin to all those involved, and we encounter the sole lady of the house: Laura Bush, who plays W's domineering mommy. She lords over him the control of his midnight rendezvous like Lady Macbeth, but is devoted to the ideals of Republicanism with the sterling fidelity of a faghag.
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