Product Details

• Actors: Standard Deviants
• Directors: Cerebellum Corporation
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cerebellum Corporation
• DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001
• Run Time: 115 minutes
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• ASIN: B00004UDS0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #59,839 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Continuing their unusual review course in civics, the Standard Deviants, a group of ebullient and youthful performers, forge ahead to explain via skits and various performance routines the venerable institutions of American democracy. This video begins with an explanation of the legislative branch, covering its history, its powers, and the procedures by which it operates. The roles played by the Speaker of the House and other central figures are portrayed with purposely weird computer graphics and skits (complete with a Congressional whip wielding, of course, a bullwhip). The powers of the president and the executive branch are also covered in detail, and an in-depth review of the judicial branch and its workings concludes the lessons. The approach to the material is never solemn and at times verges on the bizarre, and this won't be to everyone's liking. However, the academic advisors to this production have ensured that the material itself is solid, and it should be noted that the attempts at comedy are designed as mnemonic devices, on the principle that something presented in an off-the-wall manner is easier to remember than the boring lectures that students endure and forget. --Robert J. McNamara

Product Description
In American Government Part 2, you will learn about the six powers of the President, the roots of the legislative branch, congressional powers, how a bill becomes law, and much more. The Standard Deviants will also introduce you to the prominent case law that shaped our government, such as Shaw v. Reno, Marbury v. Madison, Baker v. Carr, and others.