‘Gun-Toting Thugs‘ Wear Obama Masks on HBO’s ‘True Blood’
- Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:30pm by
Billy Hallowell
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HBO can’t seem to stop finding itself at the center of bizarre prop controversies. First, it was George W. Bush’s head on a pike in “Game of Thrones.” In the latest incident to capture attention, it seems the network is engaging in some bi-partisan prop selections. On Monday night, during the most recent episode of “True Blood,” characters appeared on screen wearing Barack Obama masks.
(Related: HBO Apologizes for Putting George Bush‘s Head on a Pike in ’Game of Thrones’: ‘Bad Taste’)
Deadline has more about the fascinating scene. In a different scenario than the Bush drama, it seems as though producers clearly intended for the masks to be observed and identified:
On the episode, a truck full of gun-toting thugs in Obama masks pulled up firing at characters Sam Merlotte, Luna Garza and her daughter Emma. “True Blood’s production team purchased several Obama masks from us earlier this year, and we’ve been waiting in suspense for them to appear,” mask provider Costume Craze wrote today on its blog about the “pretty scary scene”.
Image Credit: Deadline
While the scene’s inclusion of the masks was clearly more overt than it was in the Bush example (HBO inevitably apologized for the first infraction), some are wondering just how coincidental it truly was. According to Deadline, HBO is dismissing any claims that the masks were intentionally used in the wake of the “Game of Thrones” controversy to drum up PR for the network.
“It’s a complete and utter coincidence and one show has nothing to do with the other,” a spokesperson said following the incident.
As stated, the network previously apologized for the Bush incident, which it claimed was never meant to offend the masses. The GOP-related prop, producers said, was used out of necessity, as it was simply “laying around.”
While the show’s producers originally pointed out the Bush head in the DVD commentary for season one of “Game of Thrones,” they clarified that it wasn’t intentional. Still, the network later issued a retraction.
(H/T: Deadline)
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Netizen Kane
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:25pmClearly, HBO messed up. They obviously should have used Eric Holder masks….
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:17amThe Thief In Charge, I think it fits him very well this new title
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 8:22amHow about Obama=Biden and the forty thieves , it would make great bedtime reading for future demoncrates
Report Post »DREDGE
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:30pmBetter use of image would be on toilet paper!!!!!
Report Post »Nurse Snow
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 5:17pmThe group shot reminds me of a black panther rehearsal for the Nov elections.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:43pmI wouldn’t subscribe to HBO if they paid ME.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:42pmIt wasn’t that obvious, I watched the episode and totally missed the fact the masks were supposed to look like Obama. However, what was clear was that the shooters were supposed to be white ‘rednecks’. Now that I know the masks were supposed to be Obama, I‘m sure that the point was to show how evil white people don’t like Obama.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:55pmagreed. good show, and those masks don’t really look like anyone.
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:29pmWell it looks authentic to me. Only the real one has others use guns, he uses the office of the President.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:54pmmaybe if the “dead” people were dressed as Border Patrol agents it would have been more realistic.
Report Post »JohnLarson
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:19pmJesus… not everything is a political message. Sometimes it‘s just an Obama mask or a Bush head on a spike as a prob because of it’s availability.
Report Post »Dr_B
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:17pmIn the first season, there is a picture of George Bush biting the neck of the statue of liberty. It hangs behind the bar at ‘Fangtasia.’ Nobody made a fuss about that.
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:15pmSlow news day here at the Blaze huh? wow, this is what passes for news on conservative sites huh? I guess thats why study after study shows you guys are the least educated group in America. (cue the phoney outrage)
Report Post »Gita
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:22pmBeg to differ conservakilla (nice name by the way typical lib mindset) But a recent study showed that the Obama voters are in one or more of three categories, lazy crazy and uneducated. Which category or categories do you fall in?
Report Post »ferggie
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:28pmI guess that is why the majority of the extremely successful individuals are conservatives and the majority of the losers are liberals. Crawl back down into your mommy’s basement and return to sucking on that government T!T. What a joke!
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:21pm@ferggie, to bad you look like the typical racist, generalizing ******. I own a digital marketing agency, live in a beach front condo on collins ave in Miami Beach, and make more money in an hour, than you make in a month. next…..ever heard of Bill Gates, Larry Page, Sergey Brin of Google, Zuckerberg of Facebook, etc, etc.., they are all liberal and very successful. Poor, Poor Ferggie, that’s what happens when you rely on Fix & beck for your news. You end up looking like an idiot. PS Will.I.Am called from the Black Eyed peas, he wants his singers name back.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:36pmKilla, the only thing you’ver killed is a buzz.
Report Post »katzmeow44
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:35pmWhy are you here posting your crap then, Conservakilla? Go to one of those lying, lame stream media sites where you belong! Maybe there you’ll enjoy reading about the Karshaians & Justin Beiber or other more exciting news!
Report Post »JBLACK
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:08amhey chump I do believe its time to troll somewhere else! IF you want a ******* contest Im sure I can stop by and pay you a visit on your turf ( Portland , OR 97230 ) Ive got the rest if you want me to post it.
Report Post »JBLACK
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:09amORegon 97230
Report Post »JBLACK
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:11amOR e g O N 9-7,2,3-0
Report Post »JBLACK
Posted on July 11, 2012 at 12:22amok peoples This guys name is trevor HOW ABOUT WE SHOW his yahoo profile some traffic http://profile.yahoo.com/V77TT5K5AUUULSQZJ7PA7PBKEQ/
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:15pmIs there some sick Liberal message here.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:08pmHBO .. must really be losing subscribers .. they seem to need all the “free” advertising they can get.
http://search.mlive.com/the+newsroom
They have already committed to a second season of this left wing propaganda show. Then there is the damage Maher has done.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:07pmWe are going bankrupt as a country.
Report Post »RIDEMODELS
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:22pmPimps and Pornstars on Foodstamps….the country is doing super…….I hate TV and this is why…….its so one sided and always has been…..
I use to be tricked by this propaganda but then I grew up and learned TV is brain rot.
Women deserve better then this…….They are just trying to dumb women down and make them subservient….Women can do better then this.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:05pmAlong with millions of others, I wouldn’t know about anythng HBO puts on. You can thank Bill Maher for that HBO.
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:26pmmillions of others. LOLOLOL good one, its only extreme ****** types..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:30pmThat’s not what DirecTV said when I canceled *******.
Report Post »katzmeow44
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:49pmConservakilla, get the **** off our site you Marxist pig!
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:16pmMission Accomplished! Pissed off my quota of baggers today! Woot Woot! BTW, when you wingers stop coming to my sites and trolling, I’ll stop coming here and trolling. Have to admit, its freaking hilarious to see you baggers get all worked up over nothing. like watching a gorilla play with his poop.
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:17pm@KATZMEOW44 Oink, Oink! you Facist, Racist **** Phobe!
Report Post »CONSERVAKILLA
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 8:19pm@gonzo stop lying, they shut off your direct TV for non payment, not by choice.
Report Post »Baikonur
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:54pmThere is no ‘conspiracy’ by HBO. These are props. Theatre and cinema use props to tell a story.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:19pmBut we all know that Obama not only kills jobs and job creation, he also gets Border Patrol agents killed with his idiotic policies.
Report Post »kcares
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:48pmIt is to make Odummer look tough.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:39pmA more accurate protayal?
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:42pm“protrayal”
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:32pm“Portrayal”
Slap ! :)
Report Post »katzmeow44
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 4:53pmAt least your misspelling was innocent. I corrected a bloger on a lame stream site when she spelled out “gurls” 3 times on her blog….I got about 10 thumbs down for that! When did misspelling deliberately become so cool?