President George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed
with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with
his dad. Or at least that's how he's portrayed in the script for
Oliver Stone's upcoming feature "W."
But how accurate is that depiction?
Reactions to the script from the biographers were mixed. They said
specific scenes are largely based in fact but noted that the
screenplay contains inaccurate and over-the-top caricatures of Bush
and his inner circle.
"It leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a
fraternity house with no reverence for hierarchy, the office itself
or for the implications of policy," said Robert Draper, author of
"Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush." "Everybody calling
everybody else nicknames and chatting about whether to go to war as
if they were chatting about how to bet on a football game really
misses the mark of how many White Houses, including this one, are
run."
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