Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, producer of "Draquila" is the daughter of a former MP in Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, Guzzanti has long been a thorn in the side of the Berlusconi government. 

I've never been a fan of Berlusconi, but I would rather have had Berlusconi's on the ground visit, and  quick immediate comprehensive response to the  L'Aquila Earthquake victims,(although the follow up reconstruction of  the town has been disappointing), than Geo Bush's "flyover" of New Orleans, and Bush's "Good Work Brownie", while Orleans residents were immersed in their own excrement ,without food and water at the SuperDome after Hurricane Katrina.

Let's not go into Bush's Deregulation, that created the Economic Bubble, and inevitable BUST to our Economy. The Two Ridiculous Mid East WARS, at the same time enacting Tax Cuts that Created a Deficit Budget, when he was handed a Surplus, and his Drill, Baby, Drill Non Regulation of Oil Industry that has created another Ecological Disaster. Now his Co Conspirators are yelping that OBAMA has Not moved fast enough to Solve the EIGHT YEAR BUSH Debacle, while being Obstructionists. 

Sabrina, if you would like a REAL MONSTER to satire, try Bush, Belusconi is a comparative Midget, and Michael Moore needs help. 

Oh Yes, 32-year-old former topless model Mara Carfagna was appointed by Berlusconi as the rather begnign  Equal Opportunities Minister. Well, I'll see you with Sarah Palin, a US VP Presidential Candidate, elected Alaska Governor who quit, and bases her International  Relations knowledge on being able to see Russia from her porch. I'll raise you US Congress Rep Michele Bachman, who is a Birther and Death paneler, and Nevada US Senator Candidate Sue Loudon, who believes we should go back to an AGRICULTURAL America, pre Industrial Revolution , and Barter, like chiclens. PLEASE, We need Help. !!!!!!!!! 

Silvio Berlusconi Documentary Row Leads to Italian MP Snubbing Cannes
Culture minister Sandro Bondi refuses to attend event over screening of Sabina Guzzanti's "Draquila" which mocks the PM
Guardian.co.uk;  Fiona Winward in Rome; Sunday May 9, 2010 

Italy's culture minister Sandro Bondi has dismissed "Draquila" as 'propaganda'. 
The Italian government is refusing to take part in this year's Cannes film festival in protest at a documentary mocking prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's response to the L'Aquila earthquake, which devastated the central Italian town last year, killing more than 300 people.
Italy's culture minister, Sandro Bondi, snubbed an invitation to the festival, expressing his "regret and concern" over the screening of Draquila, which he described as "propaganda that offends the truth and the entire Italian population".
The work of Italian satirist Sabina Guzzanti, "Draquila" claims that Berlusconi systematically exploited victims of the quake to increase his popularity.
Coming at a time when Berlusconi's ratings had dropped to an all-time low and he was assailed by accusations over his private life, the earthquake "was as if God had stretched out his hand" to the prime minister, says Guzzanti. In one scene she impersonates Berlusconi strutting in front of cameras wearing a hard hat.
The daughter of a former MP in Berlusconi's People of Freedom party, Guzzanti has long been a thorn in the side of the Berlusconi government. In 2008, Italy's equal opportunities minister Mara Carfagna threatened to sue her when she suggested Berlusconi had given the 32-year-old former topless model her job in return for sexual favours. Both Berlusconi and Carfagna have denied reports of an affair.
Italian authorities tried to prosecute her for saying that Pope Benedict will "end up in hell, tormented by queer demons".
Her film will infuriate Berlusconi, who moved the G8 summit to L'Aquila and has repeatedly cited the government's response as a major achievement.
Bondi's refusal to go to Cannes risked sparking a diplomatic row. Former French culture minister Jack Lang branded Bondi's decision "absurd", adding that he had "a strange concept of [artistic] freedom".
"His position is puerile, infantile and capricious. Incomprehensible from a minister of the republic," said Lang, currently special envoy of French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
In Italy, opposition politicians and film-makers called for Bondi's resignation . "It's not art that offends the truth and the Italian people, but the decision of a minister who, instead of acting like one, prefers to play the role of the prime minister's faithful servant," said Luigi De Magistris, an MP with the Italy of Values party.
Bondi also came under fire from within his own party. "Representing Italy is the minister's duty over and above polemics," said People of Freedom MP Fabio Granata. "It's a question of respect for Italian cinema."
However, Bondi received support from opera director and film-maker Franco Zeffirelli, who claimed the minister was right not to go. "I don't see why Bondi should endorse an unworthy film that offends Italy," he said, "The festival is famous for putting the world's rubbish
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