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Friday, 24 June 2011
I may actually like this

I have to give the TP credit when it's due. All politics and gaffes aside, I must say that a well-produced series on the Revolution-era really appeals to me.

The Tea Party movement has their own news network, and now, they're turning to admitted fiction. Having long accused Hollywood of raging liberalism, a group of conservatives have banded together to start Colony Bay Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter, a startup production company that will create right wing-tinged content. Founded by Jonathan Wilson, an experienced Hollywood development executive, and James Patrick Riley, an experienced Patrick Henry impersonator, the company will debut its first show, “Courage, New Hampshire,” on Saturday night. With their interpretation of the founding fathers' intentions, and idealized belief in the purity of early American life, “Courage, New Hampshire” is an obvious start for the Tea Party company; set in the 1700s, it's a soap opera-style show that will go straight to DVD after its red carpet debut. They didn't pitch it to mainstream networks that are actually on TV. As Riley, who wrote, produced and appeared in the show, told THR, while they'll work to include Tea Partiers in the cast and crew, they, “hire anyone who can get the job done. We have cast members who are raging leftists.” READ MORE


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Updated: Friday, 24 June 2011 8:25 AM EDT
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