Friday funday

The lighter side of local government

Some councils will bend over backward to get a film crew in - having a movie shot in your area can put your town or city in a good light and stimulate the local economy through temporary jobs and increased tourism. Why not accomodate the film crew when they want to shoot footage in the town hall or they mayor's office for those crucial local government official meets super hero scenes? That's what Gallatin, Tennessee Mayor Don Wright thought anyway when he agreed to filming in the Mayor's office and town hall. Wright says he supports filmmaking for economic development in town.

But I think it kinda depends on just what sort of film it is. Mayor Wright agreed to the use of his office for Thong Girl 3. Even if you haven't seen Thong Girl 1 or 2 (apparently filmed in nearby Nashville), I think you can imagine what kind of film this is.

The town council is pretty upset. Mayor Wright assures constituents that he didn't know what kind of film it was. The plot features an Assistant District Attorney (equivalent to a lawyer for the local Crown Prosecution Service) who discovers her super hero powers after trying on a magical red thong. These powers allow her to fly and to fire lasers from her...well, from a place where the sun doesn't normally shine but which may well be revealed if wearing said thong.

The filmmaker, Glenn Weiss, stressed that his movie is "family friendly." He says "There's no nudity, no cussing and no sex. The family can go to this." My great-grandparents used to live in Gallatin (a satellite town of the state capital, Nashville), but I couldn't imagine sitting down to watch this with my family and a sense of local pride.

Weiss added "We go to comic book conventions. Kids come up to her. She has a cape on. She's very modest."

Well, I guess that's alright, so long as she's wearing a cape...

Story from The Nashville Tennessean. I would have provided a link to the Thong Girl site, but I'm not sure it's exactly work-safe.

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