Watch: Taiwanese Make Magic Of Wendy Davis Filibuster
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Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) was pretty dramatic last Tuesday when she mounted an impressive filibuster but there were no ghosts, dinosaurs, or superhero costumes, at least until Taiwan’s NMAtv came along.
Davis stood and talked about the GOP-proposed abortion bill for 11 hours with no food, water, bathroom breaks, or thematic digressions, until Republicans forced an end to her filibuster on questionable procedural grounds, only to see Democrats and gallery spectators run down the clock on the legislative session anyway.
But it was evidently not dramatic enough for the imaginative, prolific computer-graphics animators at Taiwan’s NMA.tv studios. In their madcap, oddly informative CGI version of Tuesday’s events (watch above), Davis is Superwoman, Republicans are bullying abortion-clinic destroyers with military helicopters and control of a fire-breathing Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the ghost of former Texas Gov. Ann Richards (D) was in the Senate chamber cheering Davis on.
Somehow, the Taiwanese animators even slip in some political analysis about how the GOP’s “scaring the crap out of women” will accelerate the demographic changes already threatening to turn Texas blue. “Is Ann Richards smiling in heaven?” the animators ask at the end. That’s a pretty impressive grasp of regional U.S. politics for a merry band of Taiwan animators.
As it turns out, Tuesday night’s victory by Davis and her Democratic colleagues will likely be short-lived. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has called a second special session to take back up the abortion legislation and other bills left on the table. The eyes of Texas, and at least one office in Taipei, will be watching. (Hat-tip to Jezebel.)
Many thanks to Peter Weber of The Week.
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Even I can’t talk for that long!!!!
Here’s a funny little detail about the perspective from outside the US: While this is obviously over the top this is in fact how your republicans look for the rest of the world. Yes, seriously, they are villains plain and simple. There’s two sides of a political argument and then there’s being batshit insane which is what these guys are. I’ll never get why US Networks don’t call this out but seriously your political system seems split between corrupt politicians who don’t see the big picture and keep fucking things up … and the Decpeticon armada!
I can just about imagine this on Fox:
“Yesterday bleeding heart liberals protested against Megatron’s occupation and the death camps for unneeded human workers. Don’t these fools see that this would mean fewer rations for those of us that can still work? We’ll now cut to Shockwave who is going to explain to you why he can’t see how serving robot overlords is bad.”
Good comment Christian.
Every bible thumper in Texas should watch this, and it should be played on everyone’s telly. Well done Taiwanese geeks.
Bloody good if you ask me! She is a superwoman you know this Davis lass.