Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Some things are just wrong

In the midst of recruiting an all-star ensemble for his long-gestating passion project "The Butler," director Lee Daniels has tapped Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan.

Based on a Washington Post report by Wil Haygood, pic follows Eugene Allen, the White House butler whose career started with Harry Truman in 1952 and ended in 1986 with Ronald Reagan.

Forest Whitaker is closing a deal to play Allen, while Oprah Winfrey remains in talks to play his wife. David Oyelowo is in negotiations to play Allen's son, while Liam Neeson and John Cusack are circling presidential supporting roles as Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, respectively. Fonda will appear in a handful of scenes as the first lady of the United States.
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Jane Fonda, a Communist sympathizer and traitor is to portray Nancy Reagan?  Whatever one may think of Ronald Reagan's politics this is just plain insulting.

1 comment:

Ochlophobist said...

Eh, Reagan was a Taliban sympathizer. It all comes out in the wash.