Enceladus
2003-10-24 14:40:30 UTC
Former first lady Nancy Reagan has reached out to Hollywood heavyweights,
including Merv Griffin, to somehow stop an upcoming CBS-TV movie about her
life and times with Ronald Reagan.
A concerned legal department at CBS repeatedly called producers of the
upcoming miniseries THE REAGANS, during filming, looking for assurances that
shocking claims made in the telefilm could be backed up, productions sources
tell the DRUDGE REPORT. Irritated producers reminded the network they had
already cleared the script, with few notes!
THE REAGANS is now at the center of a media and political firestorm.
Insinuations that Nancy pill-popped are scattered throughout the story, as
are repeated allegations that Ronald Reagan was homophobic, and was
suffering from Alzheimer's disease as early as 1984. [Nancy rushes to a
doctor to warn that her husband is forgetting things.]
Actress Judy Davis's portrayal of Nancy Reagan appears to be inspired by the
Joan Crawford camp biopic MOMMIE DEAREST; wild mood swings, dramatic
lighting, and tart-mouth insults are hysterically delivered by Davis.
[The showcase line "Ketchup is a vegetable! It is not a meat, right? So IT
IS a vegetable" is likely to become the "No wire hangers ever!" camp
highlight of the season.]
One camp scene shows Nancy and Ron both standing nude [wrapped in towels]
when they first learn from NBC's John Chancellor they have won the election.
including Merv Griffin, to somehow stop an upcoming CBS-TV movie about her
life and times with Ronald Reagan.
A concerned legal department at CBS repeatedly called producers of the
upcoming miniseries THE REAGANS, during filming, looking for assurances that
shocking claims made in the telefilm could be backed up, productions sources
tell the DRUDGE REPORT. Irritated producers reminded the network they had
already cleared the script, with few notes!
THE REAGANS is now at the center of a media and political firestorm.
Insinuations that Nancy pill-popped are scattered throughout the story, as
are repeated allegations that Ronald Reagan was homophobic, and was
suffering from Alzheimer's disease as early as 1984. [Nancy rushes to a
doctor to warn that her husband is forgetting things.]
Actress Judy Davis's portrayal of Nancy Reagan appears to be inspired by the
Joan Crawford camp biopic MOMMIE DEAREST; wild mood swings, dramatic
lighting, and tart-mouth insults are hysterically delivered by Davis.
[The showcase line "Ketchup is a vegetable! It is not a meat, right? So IT
IS a vegetable" is likely to become the "No wire hangers ever!" camp
highlight of the season.]
One camp scene shows Nancy and Ron both standing nude [wrapped in towels]
when they first learn from NBC's John Chancellor they have won the election.