Thumbs down from the critics
THE WORLD’S STUPIDEST MAYOR
Starring: Michael Laws, Dotty McKinnon, Marty Lindsay, Sue Pepperell, Rangi Wills, Muzza Who?
Genres: Comedy, tragedy and farce
Running Time: 12 months (so far)
Release Date: October 22 2004
MPAA Rating: Not for the squeamish
Distributor: WDC Films
Studio: 101 Guyton
Synopsis: Centres on the life of Michael Laws, an alien who invested several decades building a reputation for political opportunism and downright deceit. He then travelled to the Whanganui River Mudflats where he set the world record for gross stupidity and crass offensiveness in a mayor. The film follows his headlong rush into political obscurity.
Reviewers rated this mayoralty NO STARS
SAMPLE REVIEWS:
TIM SHADBOLT OF INVERCARGILL: "A shocking performance by someone who should never again be cast in any sort of political role. The Invercargill audience sighed with relief that this pathetic excuse for a mayor never came anywhere near this city and didn’t even get to audition for their mayoralty."
BOB HARVEY OF WAITAKERE: "I could find absolutely nothing to recommend in this excruciating travesty of local politics. The support cast seem to have dragged their performances down to the level of the ill-chosen lead and as he doubled as director, producer, gaffer... there was nothing he could do short of sacking himself. Someone needs to buy him a beer and tell him to piss off."
LAWSWATCH: "This woeful effort is an even bigger flop than its wireless counterpart Radio Dead and is likely to be pulled by the voters before completing its scheduled run. Graeme Taylor, who had been cast in a support role, was smart to leave the set at the first opportunity and we predict this will be damaging to the careers of the remaining cast."
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29 comments:
this is very appropriate after a foot-in-mouth sort of week for ML that showed we also have the world's stupidest mayor-in-waiting, right here in the river city.
In the early stages of Vision the mayor made no secret of the fact he wanted Dot to take over after three years, but does anyone still think he believes that's a good idea?
Perhaps he's changed his mind and that's why Rangi is now attached to him like spare haemhorroid?
What's happening with River Queen? Does anyone know what's happened with all that government money they were talking about? Or is Michael (and Dotty) finding out they have no friends in Wellington?
Michael Laws: The mayor who is not only saving Wangas from itself but has the ability to expose nutters; and he's got 2 more years to really make things happen.
Stupidest? Sohow come he got elected, got most of his team in, stuffed the Sarjeant extension, and is running Wanganui exactly the way he wants to. No the stupidest people in Wanganui are LawsWatch (Matt/Carol) who just don't understand why no-one thinks like them. (Answer: the rest of the world dob't need medication)
Bugger off, Michael
Poor Carol. ML in the SST today -
"But then all local government has always had its loons. I once said that every personality disorder was catered for in local government, and I now know that to be true.
They attend council meetings with the same lasciviousness as those who attended the guillotine during the French Revolution. We have a woman who comes along and literally tapes every meeting – she must have an extraordinarily interesting night life replaying all those procedural motions."
Wonder who he was talking about? Could she sue someone asked earlier. No because the truth is an absolute defence to defamation.
Bugger off, Michael
5:18 PM, November 13, 2005
I love it when you talk dirty, darling. Now get my name right and we might get it on, girl!
Hey Michael,
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MEMO HELEN:
Please put Dotty's delusional diatribe up on the council website so out-of-town watchers can enjoy the joke.
The editor seems to like this sort of stuff, so perhaps she'll give Dotty a column in the Sunday paper and the whole country can see that it's not just the mayor who is a few McNuggets short of a Happy Meal, but his deputy as well.
I bet there's a good reason why Dotty messing in her own pants again hasn't made it onto Council's website. It's a wonder Mickey can stand her. Dirty Dotty. Rub her nose in it.
Wonder who he was talking about? Could she sue someone asked earlier. No because the truth is an absolute defence to defamation.
In order for someone to be defamed, the original statement has to have some credibility. Getting slagged off by Brian is more like one of those little dogs that humps your leg. It's the only action he can get, and look at the pleasure the little guy gets.
Cue a load of assertions from Lawsmob about Mickey's virility.
Woof, woof ... yap!
grrrrrr - plus sound of hind leg lifting at Porritt power pole
Good evening Wanganui, love this new thread, hits the sorry story right on the head, the mans a raving idiot, and has just shown the rest of the country .... we do feel sorry for you.
Thaks but don't just feel sorry for us -- please, take him
Tough loony-people. he's the mayor and you're no-bodies. Visiting this site has converted me from an agnostic and skeptic into a Laws supporter.
You should be asking LW when next its going to break a story. For weeks now it has been hate and more hate. That people dedicate a site to their condition makes it understandable that they are anonymous. If their creators were proud of this site they wouldn't need to hide would they? That's why I like your mayor Wanganui, because he's upfront and doesn't hide behind anyone.
Okay, so why don't we talk about River Queen and the looming disaster ie: How much is it going to cost the ratepayers, how much is the govt putting in, and why is it being kept so secret by this council?
And does anyone know the latest on ticket sales for the Boxing Day concert? Isn't there a deadline for breakeven or it gets cancelled?
Please don't flame me, LawsWatch because I think you do a great job but some of the early postings have a point about "breaking news". If RCP and the WC arent going to do the job then can't all the watchers get together and come up with exclusives, scopps or whatever theyre called. This council puts a lot of stuff in confidential and with all the councilors and staff at WDC there must be some paths open.
Listen, you can hear the little dog panting. He's breathing harder, humping away, now his hindquarters are a blur, hump little dog hump.
Anon @ 8.48 - you're not well. Distemper injection wearing off?
Splash Centre funding bail-out? River Queen party catering bail-out? Heart of the city? OSH requirements at the Sarjeant? Repercussions of Dot McKinnon's ill-advised "comments"?
Don't worry Lawsmob, there's plenty of meat in this sandwich yet.
Here's the Q: If the OSH report was released under the LGOIA, Matt then how come the Chronicle havent written a story on it?
How do you know it was released to the Chron?
The documents went to the Chron. minus the usual press-release. Read into that what you will, but are you sure the Chron. aren't working on something, anon? There's a lot of meat in those reports, and once you start asking questions, the whole asbestos situation rears its head. It's being "monitored" apparently, the little that's left.
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