Mission accomplished! Will Ferrell is stupid good as former president George W. Bush on Broadway
New York Daily News - 6th Feb 2009
Will Ferrell: Who would have guessed that old Mr. Unpopularity,
George W. Bush, would be packing them in on Broadway?
Then again, it's got next to nada to do with Dubya and everything to do with the actor playing him,
Will Ferrell, who's been spoofing the President since his days at "Saturday Night Live."
Getting to see this comic whiz in the flesh is a big treat, and the fact that
Ferrell has been able to squeeze so many fresh yuks from the beleaguered
Bush legacy speaks to his always off-kilter, sometimes raunchy, imagination.
He's used it to turn "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with
George Bush," which opens tonight, into a 90-minute laugh ride and one seriously hot ticket.
The show picks up after the 43rd President has lifted off from the White House lawn. Director Adam McKay ("Step Brothers") and
Ferrell fashion that into a brilliant entrance for Dubya, who recalls his life at Yale, Crawford, Tex., and in the Oval Office.
The stage is mostly bare, with just a few props and video screens where images of places, faces and ruder body parts help set the scene. If some sequences run out of steam, another laugh is looming just around the bend.
Ferrell has Dubya down pat - the stance, butthead chuckle, constant squint and tumbleweed twang, which sparks one of the show's best jokes.
He's a strapping guy with a big expressive face made for the stage. One minute, he looks presidential and handsome. The next, like a doofus. Then he seems sorta sleazy. His chameleon-like magic is what's made
Ferrell so funny in so many comedies, whether it's "Old School" or "Elf."
Dubya doesn't go it alone in "You're Welcome America," which
Will also air on HBO on March 14. Michael Delaney and Adam Mucci appear briefly as a pilot and a doctor. Patrick
Ferrell (ring a bell?) has more stage time as a surly Secret Service agent who boogies between scenes.
And when Pia Glenn shows up as shimmying she-devil Condoleezza Rice, she turns a bite-sized cameo into something deliriously delicious.
Some of the best surprises come from spontaneous or near-spontaneous moments when
Ferrell interacts with the audience. Unlike Dubya,
Ferrell is lightning fast on his feet and turns each ad lib into a burst of hilarity, a mission accomplished, if you
Will.
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