Memoirs of the non-objectivist

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

August 1 - The Jackal - Obama

August 1 is a malayalam movie based on The day of the jackal - by Frederick Forsyth. The parallel drawn from France's President Charles De Gaulle, is Kerala Prime minister, K.G. Ramachandran. The former a real character, while the latter a fictional character.

But with the effective oratory style, his own method of confident governance, and of eliminating waste, he is Barack Obama. An unexpected similarity that I found was the smoking.

But something I hope does not happen is the plot where enemies to him from his own party arrange a contract killer to take him down. As KGR's policies, and efficient moves thwart the ways of several, the contract is born. And even as the contract initiators have been arrested, the contactless killer is still on his path to target. It is only the intelligent security officer who chases the trail and finally saves KGR at the final moment.

The parallels are stunning.

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