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'Little Obama' Movie Opens in Indonesia (provide your own barf bags)
Voice of America ^ | July 2, 2010 | Brian Padden

Posted on 07/03/2010 7:50:38 PM PDT by dynachrome

A new movie titled Little Obama (Obama Anak Mentang), chronicling the time President Barack Obama lived in Indonesia as a boy, has opened in Jakarta. The director says the film shows a young Barack Obama becoming the leader he is today.

At the premier of the movie Little Obama in Jakarta, children from the school President Obama attended when he lived in Indonesia as a child, sang and danced. Invited guests also had their pictures taken with a look-alike of the adult president.

But the main event was the screening of the film about the lessons a young Barry Obama, as he was then known, learned while living in Jakarta in the early 1970s. From his Indonesian stepfather young Barry learned to fight when he must. From his mother he learned to forgive. In the movie there is action and a touch of romance.

(Excerpt) Read more at 1.voanews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: barfaroni; indonesia; movie; obama
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Hurl-a-licious, I am sure.
1 posted on 07/03/2010 7:50:46 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

The end sentence of the article:

“The movie, however, did present a few concerns. Before its release, a scene showing the young Barry Obama, who is a Christian, praying like a Muslim was dropped because producers deemed it too political.”


2 posted on 07/03/2010 7:51:59 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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The movie, however, did present a few concerns. Before its release, a scene showing the young Barry Obama, who is a Christian, praying like a Muslim was dropped because producers deemed it too political.
3 posted on 07/03/2010 7:54:51 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: dynachrome

Not on imdb.com yet.


4 posted on 07/03/2010 7:56:23 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: thecodont

It will receive a rave review from the NYT and Rolling Stoned.


5 posted on 07/03/2010 8:00:16 PM PDT by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir!)
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To: thecodont

Shouldn’t the title be “Little Saetoro”? After all, that was his name when he lived in Indonesia...


6 posted on 07/03/2010 8:00:44 PM PDT by Russ (Repeal the 17th amendment)
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To: dynachrome
Better.....

Better?

Better get a bucket, I think I'm going to puke!


7 posted on 07/03/2010 8:05:10 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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Young Soetoro; possessed of such raw intellect and purpose.

He must have had problems in school; the world is never ready for a home-town messiah.

Especially false ones.


8 posted on 07/03/2010 8:09:24 PM PDT by One Name
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To: dynachrome

I will search for the bootleg dvd.


9 posted on 07/03/2010 8:19:36 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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Watch the trailer. Barry is part Rocky the boxer, part suave dating guy, part misunderstood victim of racism, and he ends with "I just wanna be a soldier."
10 posted on 07/03/2010 8:27:30 PM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: dynachrome

I’d rather sit thru “The Last Airbender” 1,000 times.


11 posted on 07/03/2010 8:28:48 PM PDT by kromike
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To: mylife

“But sir, it’s only woffer-thin”...


12 posted on 07/03/2010 8:29:57 PM PDT by kromike
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To: kromike

LoL!


13 posted on 07/03/2010 8:31:14 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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To: Sender

OMG! LoL!


14 posted on 07/03/2010 8:33:56 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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To: dynachrome

alinsky time


15 posted on 07/03/2010 8:47:26 PM PDT by FrankR ( If we don't stand up to tyranny, the tyrants win, and we're enslaved.)
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That moped-riding teacher looked......artistically inclined.

I suspect he enjoys browsing antique stores and wearing pastels.


16 posted on 07/03/2010 8:59:13 PM PDT by gaijin
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*ping*

I thought this movie was supposed to debut during the Obamas' vacation in Indonesia -- which apparently is indefinitely postponed.

17 posted on 07/03/2010 8:59:37 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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For historical accuracy they should have featured mom “doing” the whole village, or maybe the little ‘un decapitating someone.


18 posted on 07/03/2010 9:02:03 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: mylife
Mr. Creosote!!!
19 posted on 07/03/2010 9:10:12 PM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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That moped-riding teacher looked......artistically inclined. I suspect he enjoys browsing antique stores and wearing pastels.

Hah! ... I saw what you meant...
I suppose the teacher taught little Obama all he knows ... (about interior decorating).

20 posted on 07/03/2010 9:10:44 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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