Yes, it’s great that Patty is speaking up! There is nothing funny about what President Reagan went through. I am glad to see that she is trying to protect him.
Why hasn’t Hollywood made a movie about one of the great love affairs ever in the White House....Bill and Monica. Now that could be a funny movie!
Can’t believe it - even of Hollywood. Alzheimers for laughs? I recall being introduced to a woman in her 80s. 10 minutes into the conversation about how grueling it was for her to physically and emotionally deal with her husband’s Alzheimers, she said quietly “I just want to kill myself.” Yeah, that’s what I thought of when I read about Will’s movie idea.
PS: I urged the woman to join a support group - she’d been toughing it out on her own and it’s too much, a person needs support.
Why all the criticism of Will Ferrell? What about the writers of the script? The production company that thinks it is a good idea to make such a movie?
Really. Will Ferrell is an idiot for taking the part, but the real jerks are those who came up with the idea in the first place.
“Alzheimer’s doesn’t care if you are President of the United States or a dockworker. It steals what is most precious to a human being — memories, connections, the familiar landmarks of a lifetime that we all come to rely on to hold our place secure in this world and keep us linked to those we have come to know and love,” she continued. “I watched as fear invaded my father’s eyes — this man who was never afraid of anything. I heard his voice tremble as he stood in the living room and said, ‘I don’t know where I am.’ I watched helplessly as he reached for memories, for words, that were suddenly out of reach and moving farther away. For ten long years he drifted — past the memories that marked his life, past all that was familiar…and mercifully, finally past the fear. There was laughter in those years, but there was never humor.”
My Dad died from Alzheimer’s Dec 15,2015. I concur.
from Wikipedia:
“The term suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief has been defined as a willingness to suspend one’s critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment.[1] The term was coined in 1817 by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who suggested that if a writer could infuse a “human interest and a semblance of truth” into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative. Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, fantasy, and horror genres.”
That concept is why this movie is destined to fail.
No art or craft will ever successfully portray cursing the deaf behind their back or putting stumbling blocks in the path of the blind as entertainment.
My mother-in-law’s mother died of it.
There is nothing funny about it.
So when will we see a humor filled portrayal of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr? I hear James Earl Ray was hilarious.
Will Ferrell has never been funny to me which doesn’t really mean anything to the conversation. Just thought I’d opine.
My mother died from Dementia. If he does this and makes fun of a disease that robs families of final memories with their loved ones he will lose me for a lifetime. Some things are just not that funny Will.
I never liked any of Ferrell's works and I have been proven right.
What's next? Will he be mocking Glen Campbell?
Here is his web site:
On the left, scroll down to the link “Other”. There you will find an email link.
Sadly, Ferel does not realize that he is ridiculing a future that could be his own, or mine, or yours. Some of us will end up just like President Reagan. Pray that we have loved ones who will protect us and cherish us.
Ferrell along with Gary Sanchez Productions will produce the movie. No director has been named.
http://www.garysanchezprods.com/
Not cool, Will.
How about we make a satirical movie about FDR not being able to go to the bathroom after he was stricken with polio? Would that also be amusing, Will? How about laugh riot about JFK decorating his wife’s dress? Would HER trauma tickle your funny bone, Will?
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Another example of Hollywood’s agenda, which is to take down conservative icons. This movie will be a disaster, so why didn’t they go with “The BIG Blue Dress”, or “Intern in the Beret” or “Smokin’ Hot Cigar” because everyone knows sex sells.