Fun With War Crimes fans! New Bush spoof "Wazzup?!?"

[Lisa]

Run time: 00:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2DM2MVRB4k   Posted on YouTube: June 14, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 14, 2008 By DU Member: Lisa Views on DU: 2280

 
This one isn't part of the FWWC series (Episode 3 is coming out early next week, so stay tuned!) -- actually it's a VH1 promo. But in the meantime, I thought you might get a kick out of this. The same actor portrays Bush. Check out the makeup job -- pretty amazing.

Here's the same guy in a "Dancing With The Stars" parody. Personally I find the idea of George W. Bush doing Latin dancing one of the most unromantic images that's ever crossed my mind -- and that includes what I witnessed while working at a sewage treatment plant. But this is pretty damned funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7-8LGVgjw


Have a great weekend everyone!

Lisa

[sakabatou]

1. Lolz

[susu369]

2. Thanks, Lisa

really funny.

You are hilarious as well - "Personally I find the idea of George W. Bush doing Latin dancing one of the most unromantic images that's ever crossed my mind -- and that includes what I witnessed while working at a sewage treatment plant."


:rofl:

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. Yes it's funny

But I find it somewhat disturbing to make a cartoon character out of a war criminal. It is an extension of what the MSM and late night comedy shows like the The Tonight Show and The Late Show etc have been doing ad nauseum for 7 years. It has an effect of making him seem 'harmless'.

Is George W an ignorant, selfish, stupid toad who can't string two sentences together? Yes. But he's also politically savvy, able to stay on message, can lie expertly, has a psychopathic ability to ignore suffering he may cause, and has used those abilities to be used by others to further his family and his "have-more" base to steal billions from the treasury, and slaughtering millions of innocents to get it.

It's like somebody ACTUALLY seriously trying to put on "Springtime for Hitler" right after WW2.

So I laugh, because I can vent that way, but I also shudder somewhere deep inside.

[Lisa]

4. excellent points ...

Thank you, LLL. Normally I wouldn't post anything that seems specifically intended to make * appear cute and affable. As you say, any implication that Bush and Co. are harmless, well-intentioned folks is disturbing in a number of different ways. Any argument that people should not be held responsible for their actions because they are incompetent is seriously flawed, and outright dangerous where this group is concerned. Also, Bush himself has frequently relied on being "misunderestimated" (his own word) in order to avoid tasks that are disagreeable for him -- even as far back as high school, after he picked a word he didn't understand out of a thesauraus and a teacher called him on it, he decided that he would not make an effort to "be too clever", because that way people wouldn't expect a lot from him.

There are a number of Bush impersonators out there who do the accent and make him seem like a friendly bumbler. One performer (the guy who imitates him on Leno's show) appeared onstage with him at that press dinner a while back, and helped reinforce that image. That is, until Stephen Colbert stood up and showed them what real political satire is all about.

But there are also actors who are very much opposed to this administration's policies, and have decided to use their talents to get the audience to see past the foolishness and ask serious questions about what these people are doing and how to hold them accountable. Will Ferrell, for example. And also Jim Nieb, whose clips I posted. He has been critical of Bush for a long time (and even appeared as Dubya at anti-war rallies, back when performers could be shunned for speaking out -- as happened with the Dixie Chicks). He and some of his colleagues have created an online show, Fun With War Crimes, which essentially puts the administration on trial. They have put a lot of effort and resources into this, and I admire how they've chosen to take a stand.

Please check out their clips at http://www.funwithwarcrimes.com -- Episode 3 is coming out soon and I hope to post it here on DU, since a lot of people have been enjoying it, and the filmmakers really appreciate the support and encouragement.

Re: Springtime for Hitler, imagine if someone had put on such a production during his rise to power, and then turned things around so the audience (which might have been seeing him and his supporters as funny oddballs) started to realize just how nasty they were, and decided to stop them from taking over the country. Satire can be very powerful.