The Decline Of Elvis And The Ridiculousness Of The Drug War

This sounds too loopy to possibly be true, but Cary Elwes is apparently making as his first outing as a director the story of Elvis’ request to President Nixon to be given status as a special agent in the War on Drugs. This is great. The War on Drugs is harmful and costly in a way that should be taken seriously. But that doesn’t mean all art about it has to be extremely grave or dark and gritty. It’s also ridiculous, and making it an object of ridicule, in combination with those moral and practical indictments, can help undermine its authority and make it a thing of the past. One of the most devastating indictments of Richard Nixon is, after all, the sublime and underrated Dick. Danny Huston, who will be playing Nixon in this movie, should take notes: