# Tea Party: the Movie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 18, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-the-movie/653255 "2013-03-18T14:16:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tea-party-the-movie/653255/1 "2013-03-18T14:16:33Z")

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This is a faux movie trailer made by the Tea Party Patriots for CPAC.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xReYMOL8nZY/maxresdefault.jpg "Tea Party Patriots - A Movement On Fire!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xReYMOL8nZY)

It is, predictably, terrible. And Hilarious.  
It’s kind of a shame, because even with a low budget, It could have been decent, or at least interesting. I think the main problem is that it lacks a protagonist. Change the focus to one man as he deals with the creeping loss of freedom in a series of short vignettes, then a shocking scene as riot cops attack a protester, and the guy gets radicalized to take his freedom back- That could work.

Of course, now we need to create a pro-welfare state, anti-libertarian trailer…