**UPDATED with HBO Apology**
THE QUOTE from the creators of “Game of Thrones” is one for the books.
“The last head on the left is George Bush. George Bush’s head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It’s not a choice, it’s not a political statement. We just had to use whatever head we had around.” – io9
We watch “Game of Thrones” fairly often, but got behind and missed this episode.
But seriously, “not a choice, it’s not a political statement”?
Yeah, whatever. But really, how could they not know it would be interpreted as one, which is the same thing? If the head was Bill Clinton instead of George W. Bush how would Media Matters react? I’m saying people should react.
Putting a former president’s head on a spike is a statement that needs no explanations.
UPDATE: HBO issued an apology, as did those involved in “Game of Throwns.” From the New York Daily News:
As fury built in political quarters and on Twitter, HBO moved into damage control mode.
“We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste,” the cable channel said in a statement.
“We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent careless mistake. We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production.”
After I stopped screaming YEAH I settled down and said to myself….stop laughing…that ain’t right…at least until he’s been indicted and tried at the world court for war crimes.
very disturbing. will definitely boycott that show.
I wish I could start boycotting it now, but I had already done so because the show is a misogynistic, plodding bore with not a single likable character and a pace which screams “we’ll get to it when we get to it, which is after about 50 more pointless conversations between two insufferably dull people and maybe a dozen more instances of women being treated like playthings by big strong men.”
I’m glad they apologized. I find this repulsive and disgusting and appalling. And I am NOT a GWB fan.
I applaud HBO for taking ownership of this and apologizing. I was a few episodes behind. I am going to stop watching too. I would not even want to see Bill Mahr’s ugly head on a stick like that.