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By now, you have probably heard about The Contender, the latest attempt to recast the Lewinsky scandal as something a little more defensible than Oval Office lechery. But after the pseudo-patriotic exhortations of such Clinton apologists as Greil Marcus, Joe Ezsterhas, and the staff of Salon to regard the misuse of the Presidential staff as merely "human," The Contender finds itself presented with a dilemma unforeseeable two years ago: to create a retelling of an executive branch sex scandal that doesn't simply make the accused a victim, but, in fact, makes the accused a hero. Or, in the case of The Contender, heroine. | |
