Posted on 07/19/2005 3:45:07 PM PDT by CHARLITE
He's a movie star now.
Yes, Arizona senator and aspiring presidential candidate John McCain recently made his cinematic debut in this summer's bawdy romantic comedy "Wedding Crashers."
The cameo appearance may create a big-screen problem for McCain, though, and it doesn't have anything to do with his Clinton-defending cameo co-star James Carville. It has to do with the flick's thoroughly warranted R rating.
In the movie, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn portray divorce mediators who crash weddings and seduce bridal attendants.
There's a fast-moving montage in the film, done in the style of a music video, where Vaughn and Wilson's characters are featured in bed with a shifting procession of naked women.
The Los Angeles Times opined that this Hollywood excursion is "perhaps not the most predictable showcase for the film debut of a former presidential candidate who five years ago conducted Senate hearings in which he personally took Hollywood to task for the preponderance of R-rated films."
Regarding McCain's participation in the film, Wilson recently revealed on NBC's "Today" show that he had "cold-called" the senator's office and that McCain's staff was extremely cordial and told him they would have an answer for him within minutes.
In less than an hour Wilson received a call letting him know that McCain had agreed to the part.
Prior to the movie's release McCain was joking about the appearance, but now his staff appears to be engaged in some damage control.
Eileen McMenamin, McCain's communications director, claimed that when the senator accepted the role he understood the film would be rated PG-13.
"The senator has not seen the movie," said McMenamin. "He agreed to do the cameo role for a fee, which he donated to charity."
Although "Wedding Crashers" employs the same style as other sex-laden comedies like "American Pie" and "There's Something About Mary," it does have a couple of elements that help place it on a somewhat higher plane.
It eventually conveys the moral judgment that the coarse behavior in which Vaughn's and Wilson's characters engage is wrong. It even has the screen figures suffering for their transgressions.
And ultimately the movie celebrates the institution of marriage.
The Left Coast Report says it's yet to be seen whether McCain's decision to join the "Wedding Crashers" cast will prove advantageous to a future GOP presidential primary opponent. But, hey, if it is, he can always do "Wedding Crashers 2."
The only difference in the alternate ending is that it ends when Stiller's character wins and there is no rule violation that allows for the "sudden death" faceoff.
I believe so.
A tiger don't change his stripes.
Whoever put a X rating on this stupid movie, in a move to influence us knitters, does a disservice.
If you can dodge a wrench....
That still cracks me up!
John "Ready for My Close-up Now" McCain is so narcisstic he j--ks off to his own shadow.
You realize I now have to go home and watch the movie again. Cause I feel silly sitting in my office laughing out loud!
"Cause I feel silly sitting in my office laughing out loud!"
No worries. Your fellow employees ("Co-worker" just sound too Marxist to me) will just think that you are disturbed and leave you alone.
The John McCain Presidential Campaign Fund? Lincoln Savings and Loan?
Do evangelical voters really care about this? Did we not all laugh uproariously at "Animal House"? It's just a throwaway film, who cares?
Not really an aberration. More like evidene of what's inside him - keywords "amoral" "immoral" "jerk"
McC is a full fledged whore. He's on the Board of Christie Whitman's PAC. They are funding moderates in the hopes of defeating conservative congressman and senators.
The old cod fish ought to be ashamed of himself. He just grosses me out.
Not to mention it was just in poor taste.
Have you seen the movie? There is no one who could reasonably say anything bad about McCain for appearing in this movie. Here's the scene:
The daughter of a high profile, old-line family, cabinet secretary (State, Treasury?) is getting married. Huge wedding, 500-600 guests at some high end yacht club, and they pan the receiving line for perhaps 5 seconds. Just to lay on the fact that the father is important inside the beltway, he happens to be greeting McCain and Carville at that point. That's it.
This really is far worse than a silly (and ill-considered) cameo appearance in a Follywood production. He's such a traitor. Many of the Vietnam vets with whom I worked closely to promote John O'Neill's UNFIT FOR COMMAND, told me privately that a lot of them think that John McCain has a few screws loose. One said, "We think that he's just not all there, most of the time."
......for what it's worth......
Char :(
McC hates the Christian right with every fiber of his being.....as does Whitman.
I don't want to see the movie, it has nudity in it and that is enough for me to say no thanks. Fact is McCain was in a movie where there was a boob fest in it. Whether or not his part was hardly anything to write home about, he still was in the movie.
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