No President Needs This Kind of Exposure (Bush penis photo makes audience leave)

NYT ^ | Feb. 6, 2009 | Patrick Healy

[cdchik123]

So far six audience members have stormed out midperformance of the Broadway show “You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush,” the comedian Will Ferrell’s lampooning of the 43rd president, according to those keeping count at the Cort Theater. But they haven’t been leaving after a particular Ferrell quip.

They’ve been standing up, instead, after the projection of a supersize photo on the backdrop of the stage. A photo of a penis. Specifically, as Mr. Ferrell (who plays President Bush) leads the audience to believe, the president’s penis. Except that’s not quite right.

“It’s an anonymous but age-appropriate public domain Internet penis,” said Adam McKay, the play’s director. “We went on the Web and got a penis.”

“It’s not the president’s penis, as far as I know, and Will is 41, so we weren’t going to use his,” Mr. McKay added. “What I do know is that the photo gets one of the great shrieks of delight from the audience, and it’s also the one moment that is followed by people walking out.”

[Jeff Chandler]

[Jeff Chandler]

Thanks for painting all NYers with the same brush.

[odin2008]

[free-n-TX]

I

AM

SPEECHLESS.

I think the entertainment industry is completely depraved.

[american_ranger]

Tomorrow, I will go through my video collection and throw out all of Will’s videos.

I will never again watch a TV show or movie with him in it.

[Alia]

It does reveal, however, that the folks who think this "penis" stunt is funny have sex "issues". I mean really, this is like fart jokes for 5-6 year olds. Really, how revealing of the psyches of the writers and the audience.

Mmmm. my.

[REPANDPROUDOFIT]

"It’s an anonymous but age-appropriate public domain Internet penis...."

Why didn't they just use Bill Clinton's. He sure seems to like showing it off.