Perhaps Woody was just merely testing a plot to the sequel?
Woody Allen has a strange take on the democracy that allowed him to become rich and famous.
The “Scoop” director said it would be a cool idea for President Barack Obama to be dictator for for a few years.
Why?
So he could get things done without all the hassle of opposing views getting in the way.
In an interview published by Spanish language newspaper La Vanguardia (that we translated), Allen says “I am pleased with Obama. I think he’s brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.”
But wait – there’s more!
The director said “it would be good…if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly.”
In other news, Allen revealed that he has redubbed Obama’s inaugural address and centered it around a secret egg salad recipe.
While I wouldn’t pick Obama — at all — I think it’s entirely possible that a dictator could do some good stuff for a short time. The trouble is that even if, a la Cincinnatus, he steps back down after, say, sixteen days, it’s pretty much a done deal that a later one is going to pull a Caesar.
Historical sidenote: among the best things that General George Washington did was, upon winning the Revolutionary War, resigning his commission within a month.
That said, anybody who turns to Woody Allen for political inspiration is probably in about the same boat as somebody who turns to the post-Annie Hall Woody Allen for humor.
Apart from the basic issue of whether Obama has good ideas (ha ha ha!), what Joel says. Leaders unconstrained by law are pretty darned dangerous, even with egg salad.
These Hollywood dictator-types believe they would be in an elite class under a socialist dictatorship.
Woody should spend six days a week, 12 hours a day chopping sugar cane. Plus two hours of “voluntary” overtime.
“We like Woody Allen movies. Especially his earlier, funny ones.”
“We like Woody Allen movies. Especially his earlier, funny ones.”
I’m tired of being the Butt of Alfredo Garcia.
Maybe I’ll go back to being Brick Savage.
That name is not too precious, is it?
Woody also came out in support of Roman Polanski yesterday. I wonder whether Obama or Polanski will be the first to say, “get off of my side.”
I’m tired of being the Butt of Alfredo Garcia.
Considering that teh peevee usually has his head stuffed up there, I’m guessing Alfredo Garcia is tired of having a butt.
Oh, BTW. I think that Woody is teh best spokesman the Democrat Party ever had…better than Michael Moore; better than Sean Penn; better even than Al Franken.
We get Charlton Heston and John Wayne. They get Woody Allen and Al Franken.
Well Woody does have the pedophile caucus behind him.
And Polanski, too, Kermit!
Didn’t he also say Polanski should be exonerated. I guess it takes a child molester to know one. And in all seriousness when did Woody ever make a funny movie? Or a good one for that matter?
Each to his own, Ben — I thought Annie Hall, Take the Money and even Broadway Danny Rose were funny movies, and good. And Sleeper had its moments — “Shut up and eat your shikse,” say.