# British TV movie simulates Bush assassination **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 1, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-movie-simulates-bush-assassination/371075 "2006-09-01T15:07:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-movie-simulates-bush-assassination/371075/41 "2006-09-04T15:03:22Z")
[QUOTE=John Corrado] Also, if “Yakety Sax” is used at any point during the assassination sequence, that would be poor taste. [/QUOTE] Are you kidding? With the secret service chasing the assassin up and down the streets in fast motion? That would be brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-movie-simulates-bush-assassination/371075/42 "2006-09-04T15:48:00Z")
[QUOTE=js\_africanus] Is that the subject of the film? Or is it about political ramifications? (Both questions assume the film is actually a serious flick. 🙂 ) [/QUOTE] That’s my point - the two are inseperable. And as it’s Channel 4, and they’re showing it in Toronto, I suspect it will be dealt with seriously, but will deliberately be as close as possible to the lines drawn between that approach, and sensationalism & black comedy. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-movie-simulates-bush-assassination/371075/43 "2006-09-04T15:53:13Z")
(Oh, and take a look at _Time Trumpet_ - plenty of clips on Youtube - for a far less serious approach to ‘future history’) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-movie-simulates-bush-assassination/371075.md?page=2)