Miss Me Yet — Season 1, Episode 9: 2008
Documentary, War & Politics • 32 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
The financial crisis begins, and much of this year is focused on making sure the current economic system remains in place. There is, of course, another election year in America. Prestige TV begins its true ascent, as does a shoe. Deal or no deal? The system goes on, Barack Obama.
About Miss Me Yet
Miss Me Yet takes a look back at the George W. Bush years and the destruction he left in his wake. The series was born out of the shared sweets with former first ladies, vacuous portraits of damaged war veterans, verbal tomfoolery on daytime talkshow sets, and the untold suffering of people who happen to have been born in the wrong place and the wrong time. There’s the way he both uses power, and does not use his power. There’s the way he feeds culture, and the way culture feeds him. Importantly: what did that do to all of us?