Can You Picket?, Part Two
What do we want?! The best ever movie protests! When do we want them?! Now!
The Siege
What was it about: The disastrous Denzel Washington vehicle would have disappeared without trace had it not been for America’s Islamic community. Taking its - decidedly dubious - inspiration form the bombing of the World Trade Center by Iranian terrorists was one thing. Painting nearly every Muslim as a paranoid psychopath was quite another. Not even apologies from the stars could prevent the protests. And not even a cameo from Bruce Willis could spare The Siege from a place in the Hollywood turkey shop.
What it should have been about: Bruce Willis’ hair (the third one from the left).
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