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George W. Bush's Decapitated Head On <em>Game Of Thrones</em> Is Total Coincidence, Liars Say
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jun 13, 2012
Modified Jun 13, 2012
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George W. Bush's severed head appears on a pike in Season 1 of Game of Thrones, and it's totally unintentional, according to the series' creators. "George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes," GOT creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss say in the DVD commentary, referring to the most reviled politician of the modern era. "It's not a choice, it's not a political statement, it’s just we had to use what heads we had around.” Presumably they also just used the $50 to $60 million dollars that HBO had "around" to make the show for fun, not because they thought anyone would watch it.
Bush's head, whose appearance is totally just a coincidence and not at all a minor, yet cathartic gesture towards the impunity with which he governed this nation into abject ruin, appears at the 1:08 mark. Coincidentally.
In related news, Primary Colors is about a random politician, a guy actually named Publius wrote some of the Federalist Papers and The Wall is actually just about a plain ole brick wall. [Via io9/ Reddit]
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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