Are we certain that Occupy Gift Shop isn’t a Reality TV show being filmed? Because a fake militia, a fake Marine and a fake judge in a fake siege for a fake cause sounds like the very definition of “Reality” TV. This crowd could easily be the next Honey Boo Boo.
What would the show be called? inbRed Dawn? Deliverance: The Next Generation?
How about:
Fear and Loathing in Malheur We were somewhere around week one, on the edge of the park, when the dildos began to roll in.
The pilot writes itself . . . a more earnest, outdoorsy version of “Parks and Recreation” or “The Office” or (better?) “Unreal” goes to Oregon. There are the meta political discussions, the arguments about what to ask people to send them, the clean up duty roster, social media messaging talks . . . and a sympathetic hero daughter who just wants to do camping, fishing and diy stuff with her older brother and keeps getting ignored. She breaks the fourth wall during Skype calls home to her grandma. I’d watch it.