Who knew Lt. Gov. Phil Scott and Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell (D-Windsor) were so theatrically inclined?
Well, the secret’s out now that the two have starred in a video roast of their colleague, Sen. Dick Mazza (D-Grand Isle), produced by the Vermont Grocers’ Association. (If you’re not familiar with the legend of Dick Mazza, BTW, you should definitely check out Seven Days‘ 2011 profile of him, written by my former colleague, Andy Bromage.)
Mazza, whose family has operated Mazza’s General Store in Colchester since 1954, was presented with the industry trade group’s “person of the year” award at its annual convention last Friday at South Burlington’s DoubleTree Hotel.
With it came the 15-minute video written, in part, by Scott and Campbell and starring such notable Green Mountain thespians as Gov. Peter Shumlin, Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and former governor Jim Douglas. It was directed by local filmmaker Dennis Bathory-Kitsz.
“We have some talented actors masquerading as politicians,” says VGA president Jim Harrison.
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Paul Heintz says “bizarre”. My take is I think it tarnishes Vermont exceptionalism.