If you are a regular visitor here, the new movie “The To Do List” might not normally be your preferred summer film fare. But, set in 1993, with a late-adolescent theme, it features a main character whose hands-down shero, as indicated in the review below, is none other than our very own icon of feminist accomplishment, then FLOTUS, Hillary Rodham Clinton! Given that some readers may well have been that young high school graduate in those days, it may be a “To See Movie” this summer – especially if they still have drive-in movies near you!
The To Do List may be the only sex comedy ever filmed in which Hillary Clinton figures prominently. The very funny feature, from writer/director Maggie Carey, stars deadpan Parks and Recreation princess Aubrey Plaza as an uncharacteristically optimistic Type A high-school student. Upon graduation, Plaza’s character, Brandy Klark, realizes that she has fallen unacceptably short in one area—sex education—and vows to complete a “to do list” of physical challenges before the summer ends. Set in 1993, the film co-stars Connie Britton as Brandy’s mother, Bill Hader as her boss, Johnny Simmons as her lab partner, and Hillary Clinton—Brandy’s idol—as herself. Although she does not appear in person, and may not have any idea about her cameo, the former Secretary of State is regularly pictured hanging in a frame on Brandy’s bedroom wall, where she unknowingly chaperones Plaza’s onscreen exploration of the R-rated unknown.
We’ll celebrate Hillary any way we can get her!
Still4Hill 
saw this on the wire today:
NBC says it’s planning a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton.
The project, titled “Hillary,” will star Diane Lane, the network announced Saturday at a session of the Television Critics Association. The role of former President Bill Clinton has yet to be cast, NBC said.
The miniseries will recount the life and career of the former first lady and secretary of state from 1998 to the present.
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt said the air date has yet to be determined. But he said it would likely air before Clinton might declare her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president. She has not said whether she will run in the 2016 presidential election.
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I was just going to post about the NBC thing – http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/07/nbc-wants-piece-hillary-clinton-2016-pie/67686/
I like Diane Lane, but they need Meryl Streep…especially if it will be the recent years.
I haven’t seen the “To Do List” yet, but I plan to – because I just have pretty raunchy taste in comedies.
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I wasn’t planning on seeing it, but I will now!
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The movie got mixed reviews. I wonder if it’s worth seeing it. Although I’m curious about the Hillary references.
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A Hillary friend who saw it said we will enjoy it.
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