March 4, 2006

New Dehli, New Orleans, They're Both Foreign, Right?

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Josh Marshall gets in on the Sforzian Backdrop fun by noticing the similarities between GWB's post-Katrina speech in Jackson Square, and his nighttime speech to invited guests only at the zoo in New Delhi.

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Here's the AP's Gerald Herbert's shot of the set and the audience. [via yahoo news]

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Meanwhile, no trip to the third world would be complete without some native dress, indigenous art, and dirt flooring. [image: reuters/jason reed via yahoo news]

Yet nothing can top this good old-fashioned Pakistani propaganda ministry welcome. I can't imagine the Great Leader-style portrait cluster and the unadorned "PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH - A FRIEND OF PAKISTAN" banner is really Scott Sforza's style. [image: reuters/jason reed via nyt]

Annals of Stagecraft [with bigger images, talkingpointsmemo.com]

scott sforza, wh producer | posted by greg at March 4, 2006 8:44 AM