Comments on: “An American Carol”: Why Can’t Conservatives Be Funny?

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:35:17 +0000

Sure…any story of a me-first, why-don’t-the-poor-just-die-already businessman who suddenly decides to help the infirm and downtrodden can only be a diseased liberal fantasy.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:34:52 +0000

I’m not sure how much these people have to parody when many of their usual positions (liberals are America-hating, tax-and-spend Neville Chamberlains) are already essentially parodies.

How telling that one of the first major conservative American comedies can’t come up with an idea more original than to parody A Christmas Carol, written by a man who would surely be appalled by today’s conservative Republican philosophy.

I can just hear the shrill cries of ‘class warfare!’ if he were writing today.

By: Rex Mundane

Rex Mundane — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:00:11 +0000

meh… well looking on IMDB there doesn’t seem to be anyone playing Ted Kennedy, so we can at least assume there probably wont be a Chappaquidick “joke,” I guess… Also The Onion Movie was okay I suppose, plus not everyone involved is a republican, I know at least Dennis Hopper voted for Kerry… You know, I’m almost willing to be cautiously optimistic that this might only be slightly retarded. At least the parts that dont involve Trace Adkins.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:59:00 +0000

How telling that one of the first major conservative American comedies can’t come up with an idea more original than to parody A Christmas Carol, written by a man who would surely be appalled by today’s conservative Republican philosophy.

Also, Graniteman, let me guess: Michael Moore is fat? Conservative humor rarely rises above the level of wit expected from third-grade bullies; as far as I have read about this film I expect no different.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:55:24 +0000

Movies crafted by liberals are so serious about being PC that they are usually devoid of humor.
Yes, that’s why just about every major comedian is a liberal. See, the key to this is simple: FUNNY FIRST, politics later. Much later. Cons are so keyed up to be Mini-Rush Limbaughs they leave out the FUNNY.

By: daniel rotter

daniel rotter — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:55:51 +0000

Interesting that Bill O’Lielly, who proclaims that he has no partisan or even ideological bias would make an appearance (and yes, I know it’s just a cameo, but it’s still an “appearance”) in a liberal-bashing movie.

By: White Whale

White Whale — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:33:12 +0000

Besides Nick DiPaolo, every conservative I have seen just doesn’t understand comedy. I believe its because they can’t understand irony.

By: Graniteman

Graniteman — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:15:58 +0000

I’m looking forward to seeing the Zucker film. Movies crafted by liberals are so serious about being PC that they are usually devoid of humor. (Look at Bill Maher, for example.) My only criticism is that poking fun at Michael Moore is too easy.