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HBO's anti-Sarah Palin film "Game Change" scored some pretty impressive ratings over the weekend - 2.1 million viewers, according to numbers released today.
But while the cable network may be tempted to spike the football, it might want to do some digging on some other Palin-related data first.
TLC's "Sarah Palin's Alaska" debuted in 2010 to five million viewers, more than double the HBO figure. Now, TLC isn't a pay channel like HBO, but the tally still undermines the narrative that audiences were clamoring to see a Palin takedown.
Plus, while HBO's film got almost universally glowing reviews and all the media attention a title could muster, the TLC reality show debuted on a much less well known outlet sans universally positive press.
HBO's anti-Sarah Palin film "Game Change" scored some pretty impressive ratings over the weekend - 2.1 million viewers, according to numbers released today.
But while the cable network may be tempted to spike the football, it might want to do some digging on some other Palin-related data first.
TLC's "Sarah Palin's Alaska" debuted in 2010 to five million viewers, more than double the HBO figure. Now, TLC isn't a pay channel like HBO, but the tally still undermines the narrative that audiences were clamoring to see a Palin takedown.
Plus, while HBO's film got almost universally glowing reviews and all the media attention a title could muster, the TLC reality show debuted on a much less well known outlet sans universally positive press.
HBO's anti-Sarah Palin film "Game Change" scored some pretty impressive ratings over the weekend - 2.1 million viewers, according to numbers released today.
But while the cable network may be tempted to spike the football, it might want to do some digging on some other Palin-related data first.
TLC's "Sarah Palin's Alaska" debuted in 2010 to five million viewers, more than double the HBO figure. Now, TLC isn't a pay channel like HBO, but the tally still undermines the narrative that audiences were clamoring to see a Palin takedown.
Plus, while HBO's film got almost universally glowing reviews and all the media attention a title could muster, the TLC reality show debuted on a much less well known outlet sans universally positive press.
LOL! Even though Breitfart is gone, his site lives on with the ultra-right wing spins. 2.1 million for an HBO movie is massive. Palin's show did do fairly well during it's debut, but fell in the toilet shortly afterwards after people saw what a steaming pile of garbage it was.
Let's also not forget that the propaganda ministers conveniently forget to mention was Palin's own major movie release that was a monumental disaster and opened to empty theaters around the country
Well, it sure upset a lot of people for being such a bust.
Personally, I thought it was a sympathetic portrayal of Palin as a real person who has good and bad sides, weaknesses and strengths, and confidence and insecurities, just like the rest of us. She is no longer the person she was when she was tapped for VP in 2008, and that's the real tragedy for her and her followers.
The movie is really a scathing comment on how we select our candidates for their electability rather than their leadership and governance abilities, not an attack on Palin. She was simply unprepared for the big leagues and way over her head. She came to know it, McCain came to realize it, and his campaign people who selected her came to grieve over their decision. They, not Palin, are the real villains of the piece, if there are any villains to be found in it.
It is really a cautionary tale for both parties and all of us. We have all suffered from far too many short-term party gains, and we have far too few real leaders in our politics as a result of seeking only those short-term advantages.
The main character in the movie, McCain's central campaign adviser, validated the story. Personally I didn't see it as a slam on Palin at all. Some people don't like the truth, that the woman they cheered on was woefully under-qualified for the Veep spot, and that's the real issue here. She was out of her league without a doubt. I think both the book and the movie did a good job of showing how she struggled with the process.
I did find the book much better however as it explored both camps, not just McCain/Palin like the movie did.
I read the book last year and enjoyed it very much. It was interesting to see what kind of stuff goes on behind the scenes and how we are all 'played' for better or for worse.
I saw the movie today and it obviously had a limited focus, on Palin, but I thought it was well done. There is no doubt she was out of her league, and there is also no doubt that she can be very dynamic and likable. She wasn't prepared for what happened to her, and she had no clue how bad it was going to get. There was a line in the movie that had her yelling 'You ruined me!' and she was right.
The election went just as it should have, I hate to think of what would have happened if she actually made it to the While House. Not just for the country but for her and her family personally. But she did make an impact on the political scene and still does, in a unofficial way.
3.6 million viewers watched 'Game Change' over the course of its four airings, and the 2.1 million folks who watched the debut telecast resulted in the highest rating for an original HBO movie since 'Something The Lord Made' in 2004.
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