Marlon Wayans: It’s hard to joke about Obama because he’s “trying to do good”
posted at 8:24 pm on May 6, 2010 by Allahpundit
Via CNS, a fun companion piece to Scarlett Johansson insisting last night that she’s drunk on Obama Kool-Aid. This cuts to the core of it, doesn’t it? It’s not merely that The One’s intentions are presumed virtuous, it’s that the GOP’s are implicitly malignant. Which, to beat a dead horse, reminds me again of the merits of “epistemic closure.” What’s the point of engaging someone who assumes you’re out to do harm? You can debate policy to find the best means to a virtuous end, but only if both parties first accept that a virtuous end is what the other’s after. We long ago passed that point in our politics, at least in terms of how the lefty and righty bases relate to their opponents. And of course, we long ago passed it in terms of how the media covers conservatives. What good would it do for a racist violent Nazi teabagger to try to engage, say, Frank Rich? He’s “trying to do good” and you’re not. Teabagger.
This also explains how blacklists form, incidentally. No one gets blacklisted for being “misguided.” Presumed malevolence is a prerequisite. Mission accomplished.
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Odumbo is a big fat stupid joke!
Lousy no good for nothing chump
hawkman on May 6, 2010 at 8:26 PM
He isn’t a comedian, he is a lefty shill.
andy85719 on May 6, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Do or do not. There is no try.
William Amos on May 6, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Good for whom???
RedNewEnglander on May 6, 2010 at 8:28 PM
With that being the basis for attack, and based on his movies, Marlon Wayans is fair game then?
kagai on May 6, 2010 at 8:29 PM
..as opposed to those 42 other dudes before him?
What a schmuck.
roninacreage on May 6, 2010 at 8:29 PM
I think the two clowns let their masks fall off,
with Bush and Palin were soooooooooo easy to make
fun of!
They could of many hundreds of Mom Jean jokes as an
example!!
canopfor on May 6, 2010 at 8:30 PM
I was most surprised at Apatow’s admission that comedy is necessarily making fun of things/people you don’t like.
MayBee on May 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Marlan is a really funny guy, but he really needs to reconsider things.
Narutoboy on May 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM
The Liberal mind is really starting to freak me out. I’m terrified that Michael Savage really knows what he’s talking about.
solidaction on May 6, 2010 at 8:32 PM
The Wayans Brothers are an abomination to comedy. They did White Chicks which is slightly less tolerable than Deuce Bigalo….
Rightwingguy on May 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Marlon Wayans should stick to doing what he do best.
doobie doobie doo doo.
ted c on May 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
Deep thinker.
JammieWearingFool on May 6, 2010 at 8:34 PM
It’s how the self-anointed think.
publiuspen on May 6, 2010 at 8:35 PM
So, when comedians make fun of their wives, kids and families they hate them? I thought you could make fun of people that you love. (throws Bill Cosby’s Guide to Comedy in the garbage)
kagai on May 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
I know its probably racist or something to depict the intellectual depth of the Wayans clan and their “artistic” expertise…but, I just can’t hold back.
ted c on May 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
You may disagree with some decisions, but W always tried to do good.
Obama? Good for whom?
publiuspen on May 6, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Political thought is never what Scarlett Johansson brought to the game, so she can get as wacky as entertains her. But, I will never her forgive her for the album of Tom Waits covers.
exception on May 6, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Of course, the truth is 180 degrees in the other direction. Bush and Palin are forces for good and were/are competent. Obama is incompetent and destructive.
KittyLowrey on May 6, 2010 at 8:41 PM
These guys demonstrate the intellectual heft of the wise ass in the back row of an eighth grade homeroom. We do jokes about people we don’t like, heh heh.
Tina Fey doing SP better than SP? Now that’s profound. Why would anyone want to know what these morons think. Useful idiots all.
ontherocks on May 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Or it could be that Marlon Wayans just doesn’t have the balls to make fun of Obama.
SoulGlo on May 6, 2010 at 8:42 PM
The real reason no one can come up with a good joke about Obama is that he’s a GIANT WALKING JOKE on his own. There is no comedic interpretation that could improve upon the hilarity that exists in the person of Barack Obama. He’s funnier than Mohammed in a bear suit.
Wait….
Animator Girl on May 6, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Marlon
correction. It’s hard NOT to joke about Obama. Because he’s always trying to do good-or something.
congma on May 6, 2010 at 8:44 PM
Does anybody remember during the Liberal primaries,
where Obama threatened the MSM,not to attack his wife
or Children,
and so,I bet that terrifying threat carried over to the
entertainment business as well,and all Liberals,got the
message,loud and lock-step clear!!
=========================================================
Obama warns Republicans not to attack his wife
DEMOCRATIC candidate Barack Obama has warned Republicans to lay off attacks on his wife, Michelle, as he prepares to switch to full campaign mode.
———————————–
The controversial remark by Michelle Obama was several months ago. She said during a speech that for the first time she was proud to be an American.
—————————————-
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/obama-warns-republicans-mot-to-attack-his-wife/2008/05/20/1211182801248.html
canopfor on May 6, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I’d like to know what Wayans and Apatow meant by “doing good”. They cannot possibly think the current state of this nation is “good”. I understand many on the left wanting to give Obama a chance, but the man’s been in office nearly 16 months now. At some point they have to concede either what the man’s doing ain’t working or that they’re hardcore ideologues who refuse to go after politicians with D’s after their names.
Doughboy on May 6, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I am a straight, married female, but I think Scarlett Johansson might be the hottest thing walking around on this planet. I ignore what she says the same as I ignore what every Hollywood moron spouts. Works for me. Yay for Iron Man 2!
Animator Girl on May 6, 2010 at 8:46 PM
That Klavan video link was excellent in its thoughtfulness.
The interviewees in the post link show how cliched the typical entertainment world is and how out of touch with the majority of Americans. The lazy and cheap laughs built on stereotypes have coarsened the country.
onlineanalyst on May 6, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Hey..It’s MARLON Wayans. You ever seen his work?
Joking about anything anytime is pretty hard for him.
Kasper Hauser on May 6, 2010 at 8:48 PM
MB4 on May 6, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Why is it so hard to make fun of a monkey-eared do-nothing who passes on a state funeral to hit the links?
fogw on May 6, 2010 at 8:48 PM
Mocking Obama would be a piece of cake, but no one will go there. Walk into the room, grinning, pointing at people in the room, faux hug the guy/gal who introduces you, then “I, I, I, uh, uh, uh”, spout a couple of banal, meaningless generalities, then “I, I, uh, uh, let me be clear. I’ve said this all along. We must balance the good of society with individual rights. Uh.”. Then walk off the stage in an exaggerated black/jive walk, super cool, not a care in the world. Big smile and point at a couple of people. That’s just for starters. Obama is a rich vein of comedy gold, which no one is brave enough to mine.
Paul-Cincy on May 6, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Anyone but a hopeless narcissist would be embarrassed and humiliated by the drooling idiots that adore him. They’re really a pathetic bunch of air heads.
I used to think it was sick-making. Now I’m just in awe of the mindlessness. Then I go into my scared mode because there are so many of these drones. They’re like Pod people.
Cody1991 on May 6, 2010 at 8:49 PM
These comedians admitting they either can’t think of or won’t tell jokes about Obama are unwittingly funny.
shick on May 6, 2010 at 8:50 PM
I’d like to see a list of the good things Obama has done? Even better – ask them:
Is the United States out of Iraq?
Is the United States out of Afghanistan?
Is Gitmo closed?
Is our economy doing well?
Has Obama started to heal the oceans?
Have racial tensions been erased?
Is Detroit finally a black Utopian, democratic wet dream?
Does the Muslim world love us now and no longer want to do us harm?
How’s our deficit?
How’s our national debt?
Someone here had the best line about Obama. If he was anymore thin skinned, he’d need a reservoir tip.
Canadian Infidel on May 6, 2010 at 8:51 PM
I know its probably racist or something to depict the intellectual depth of the Wayans clan and their “artistic” expertise…but, I just can’t hold back.
ted c on May 6, 2010 at 8:36 PM
ted c: Loved the part,where one of the students wanted to
work for the government,that was a hoot,haha!:)
canopfor on May 6, 2010 at 8:52 PM
I ignore them. I do not buy their CDs, I do not watch their specials on Comedy Central. I do not attend their personal appearances. I just ignore them.
Now, gimme some Ron White, Bill Engvall, Jeff Foxworthy or Larry the Cable Guy, and I’ll support them with my attendance, my purchase, and my viewership…not just because they’re funny, but because they don’t bash–but rather fully suppot– our country and our military.
Like Laura Ingraham says, “Shut up and sing!” Entertainers shouldn’t be political and polititicians shouldn’t be entertainers.
Chewy the Lab on May 6, 2010 at 8:54 PM
So this douchbagger is ok with Obozo telling him he’s made enough money?
txag92 on May 6, 2010 at 8:54 PM
Yes. Of course, based on all the postings from all the different sources, including those typically thought of to be ultra-Leftist, it’s quite obvious that Conservatives suffer from this much more than do Democrats, especially those of the Arts & Dramatic Sciences variety. This is a shining example of the case.
Sultry Beauty on May 6, 2010 at 8:55 PM
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Obama Kool-Aid in the Hood.
The Ugly American on May 6, 2010 at 8:56 PM
Ironically for a comedian, his best work in the last 10 years was Requiem For a Dream. Maybe he should stick with dramatic roles.
Doughboy on May 6, 2010 at 8:57 PM
Note how easily vapid , shallow thinking celebrities are impressed by a superficial charlatan like Obama.
The attraction and devotion to someone of absolutely no accomplishment or depth because he is perceived, as Sean Penn slobberingly described him, as ” an elegant man” who sounds cool.
The Hollywood dopes are unfailing suckers for this pure cult of personality-the most dangerous thing in politics.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on May 6, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Wayans is yet another idiot a village lost…
IntheNet on May 6, 2010 at 8:58 PM
Trying is all that matters to leftists. It doesn’t matter what you accomplish, as long as you have the right sentiments. The endgame is to appear good, regardless of your results.
Ozwitch on May 6, 2010 at 8:59 PM
We could not speaketh The One’s middle name until after the election. And this included cowering by Bill O and the rest.
Devout Christians don’t make fun of Our Lord Jesus and our Muslim borthers don’t even allow anyone else to make fun of the magnificient prophet or the most gracious Allah.
But try to imagine the screwed up neuropathways that led to a deification of BHO which makes it impossible to joke about the man!
Ha Ha Ha Now that is funny.
IlikedAUH2O on May 6, 2010 at 8:59 PM
By who’s standards, Marlon?
My cat could do better.
HornetSting on May 6, 2010 at 9:01 PM
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
– C.S. Lewis
rockmom on May 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM
ummm…who is Marlon Wayans? I’m serious. Never heard of him. Did he also say that W was trying to do good? Just wondering.
Dingbat63 on May 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Let’s be honest, it is because he is half black.
jukin on May 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Racist.
Joe Caps on May 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM
Look at his ears!
nyx on May 6, 2010 at 9:04 PM
I’d like to see a list of the good things Obama has done? Even better – ask them:
Canadian Infidel on May 6, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Canadian Infidel: Excellent observations,and thats why,
I have being saying,that Hopey is going
to have a ObamaVoterBot BackLash Insurr
ection!!
Your right,Obama hasn’t fulfilled one
Liberal promise to his own voters!!
It will get ugly,from the Left!:)
canopfor on May 6, 2010 at 9:05 PM
By who’s standards, Marlon?
My cat could do better.
HornetSting on May 6, 2010 at 9:01 PM
HornetSting: Nicely Stung!!:)
canopfor on May 6, 2010 at 9:06 PM
I think that the reason Wayans thinks Oliar is doing good is because it’s the same for him. When either has an original thought or reveals some insight, it’ll be for the first time.
Considering how far they’ve both gotten with so little, they are doing good.
ontherocks on May 6, 2010 at 9:12 PM
He looks like a Kaizon from “Star Trek: Voyager”. They weren’t very bright either.
SouthernGent on May 6, 2010 at 9:12 PM
Well at least Apatow was honest about his approach. He’s reluctant to make fun of Obama because he agrees with his politics.
Wayans is just delusional, much like an acquaintance of mine who, earlier today, referenced the “recovered economy” as though that were an established, indisputable fact.
Kensington on May 6, 2010 at 9:14 PM
That is why he fails.
BobMbx on May 6, 2010 at 9:16 PM
An addendum:
While I’m reticent to invoke the Hitler analogies that are usually strained it should be noted that the German entertainment and arts community were early and enthusiastic boosters of Hitler as they had a similar infatuation with his personality and dynamic bearing.(and he was trying to build “a good society” as many influential leaders in German society were proclaiming.)
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on May 6, 2010 at 9:21 PM
If I smack homeboy with a rubber chicken just please try not to laugh, cuz I just trying to do good.
ted c on May 6, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Hitler did his best work without the benefit of a teleprompter. The Won pales in comparison (well not literally).
ontherocks on May 6, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Piss off and go make another terrible genre parody, you has-been.
Good Solid B-Plus on May 6, 2010 at 9:39 PM
There’s a Jesus cartoon, and Wayans can’t think of anything funny to say about Obowma?
Ronnie on May 6, 2010 at 9:43 PM
3 or 4 years ago Savage was predicting that we’re setting ourselves up for a dictatorship.
Not from the left; from the right as a reaction to the excesses of the left.
BowHuntingTexas on May 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM
I am glad to know now that death by drones without a trial is a good things to libs. I am doing a checklist to keep track.
1 Death by drones
2 Escalation of war
3 Abuse of women
4 Killing of innocents
5 Breaking laws and entering others’ countries
6 Spending our kids’ money
7 Putting their laws on our bodies
and on and on and on
CWforFreedom on May 6, 2010 at 9:48 PM
This thread is a coup for this no name wayons marlin. For his ilk, all publicity is good. This will get him one minute closer to the end of his 15 minutes of fame.
Then he either finds a real job or becomes a gubmint employee.
Sweet_Thang on May 6, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Marlon be trippin’!
ncborn on May 6, 2010 at 10:03 PM
This guy is an absolute imbecile! Yes, dummy, history does repeat itself! Ask yourself what happened to Mort Sahl, a brilliant comedian, who was a great success at political comment, until his hero Kennedy became President and he found it impossible to make fun of the miserable Crats! What ever happened to Baby Jane and Mort Sahl? Cretin!
John Adams on May 6, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Let’s see now, no known attending physician or birth certificate, no known girlfriends ever, 20 years of religious amnesia at Rev Goddang amerika’s church, and a personal history that’s completely invisible to the MSM.
I’d say that’s a little funny, yeah.
ontherocks on May 6, 2010 at 10:04 PM
This is why I don’t care about downloading these idiots “art” for free online, it would be a lot harder on my conscience putting money in their already fat pockets.
ac1 on May 6, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Marlon sincerely believes Obama is trying to do good. I sincerely believe he is trashing our constitution.
MCGIRV on May 6, 2010 at 10:26 PM
He’s doing good helping Al not-so-Sharpton achieve his dream of equality.
Schadenfreude on May 6, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Bringing this bullhorn in telegraphs their game plan, and it’s not to appeal to to critical thinkers, just the confused and angry sheeple.
They jumped the shark with the independents though, by reacting reflexively and forgetting the local demographics.
Wrong mouthpiece, wrong place , wrong time.
ontherocks on May 6, 2010 at 10:57 PM
It’s hard to make fun of Marlon on this because…well, he’s a moron. Maybe next he can tell us how the Arizona law allows cops to snatch random Mexicans off the street and send them to concentration camps to be tortured until they admit they’re here illegally.
xblade on May 6, 2010 at 11:11 PM
First Wayans says that Obama is too hard to make fun of. But then he says thats he has written some comedy material on Obama…he’s just not ready to use it yet.
So basically, he just got his brotha’s back here, that’s all there is to it.
OxyCon on May 6, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Yes, in the same sense as the Unibomber.
ray on May 6, 2010 at 11:53 PM
I’m curious as to what Marlon means by “a tough cookie to crack.”
People don’t crack cookies, Marlon. Really, it’s not that difficult to not mangle phrases like that. Try using smaller words that you’re more comfortable with.
Knuckledragger on May 7, 2010 at 2:03 AM
How is this so? Words mean nothing anymore!!!
Obama has expressed open contempt for our country and way of life.
His wife, pastor, peers, and his entire past all point to it as well.
Almost everything Obama does indicates that he dislikes America.
Please give me strength to survive living with these foolish American liberals.
They’re slowly killing our country and there seems no way to help them understand aside from a national tragedy!!!
scotash on May 7, 2010 at 3:43 AM
I just wish that at least some Republicans would finally get the reality that the Democrats and the Media are not reasonable people that can be trusted and that a middle ground can be found that both sides can be satisfied with.
They hate America (as the Right understands it). They despise Conservatives/the Right and Republicans and feel no need to deal honestly with us or our opinions or our supposed representatives. They know they are in a fight to the death. The only group who doesn’t understand this are in our legislatures and call themselves Republicans.
If we have to forgo ‘winning’ in 2010 (which is becoming more and more NOT an assured bet) to eradicate those who have a greater affinity for our enemies than to their electors, then so be it.
jcw46 on May 7, 2010 at 5:55 AM
“some villiage in Kenya is missing an idiot”
That is what I saw on the back of a car the other day.
Now that is funny and I literally almost lost control of my car from laughing so hard
georgealbert on May 7, 2010 at 6:12 AM
The American Negr0 College Fund was right: a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
AZCoyote on May 7, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Obowma’s ears?
Too big to fail? Obviously not.
dthorny on May 7, 2010 at 7:30 AM
I think you’re on to something. One of his guests could ask him about the furniture and he could go into a diatribe like, “That’s the furniture I inherited. No, really, I inherited it from my Grandmother. She
got thrownfell under a bus….like a typical white person.”Thanks. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal.
TugboatPhil on May 7, 2010 at 7:50 AM
You can debate policy to find the best means to a virtuous end, but only if both parties first accept that a virtuous end is what the other’s after. We long ago passed that point in our politics, at least in terms of how the lefty and righty bases relate to their opponents.
AP
Yup, and that is why I am now convinced that our nation will never move back towards being a representative republic without major upheaval.
The Left thinks that the leaders of the Right are evil and the ‘rank and file’ are provincial hicks and/or racists. The Right thinks that the leaders of the Left are evil and the “rank and file” is self centered fuzzy thinking fools.
You cannot move with this level of polarization.
Nathan_OH on May 7, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Both sides now presume that the other is malevolent.
The difference is that the left *is* malevolent. :)
All kidding aside, I largely do believe this, and it’s supported by fact. I suppose I could give them the benefit of the doubt and presume that they are simply stupid when they refuse to acknowledge facts, when they outright lie to our faces, when they do their best to subvert the Constitution, when they actively seek out actions that are historically proven to destroy economies/markets/employment/etc…
But beyond a certain point, mere ‘stupidity’ doesn’t explain their behavior any longer, and all that’s left is that they must be doing it on purpose, with full knowledge that they’re actions are harmful to the country.
They do not have the country’s best interests in mind.
Malevolence.
Midas on May 7, 2010 at 8:44 AM
It’s difficult to joke about Obama because there is absolutely nothing humorous about the dolt.
rplat on May 7, 2010 at 8:58 AM
This is a summation of the entire right/left divide.
The right generally believes that the left is naive, or at least they did pre-President Obama (now its starting to look intentional). This probably has to due with the fact that a lot of righties used to be lefties when they were young and stupid.
The left generally believes the right is evil. They don’t really have another option, because so many of their arguments collapse under the weight of factual scrutiny.
BadgerHawk on May 7, 2010 at 9:09 AM
FIFY
DFCtomm on May 7, 2010 at 9:21 AM
I’ll take unfunny, irrelevant comedians for $1000 Alex.
Who is…Marlon Wayans.
Anyone that takes any credibility out of those from Hollyweird, are as dumb, and out of touch as they are.
As for Scarlett. Something tells me, she’s not after Obama’s brains, unless they reside in his boxers.
capejasmine on May 7, 2010 at 10:12 AM
I feel bad for these guys, a little.
Obama is just an elitist politician, just like the ones they proclaim to hate. The One is in bed with the same big evil corporations that they “hate”. He is a country club golfer who hangs out with Ivy League types, yet these dumb actors can’t see past his skin color.
Sure, he may cozy up to these useful idiots once in a while to score some “cool” points, but he doesn’t give a rip about them. They help get the message out for him, and they are actually helping to destroy their own livelyhoods in the process.
reaganaut on May 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM
So….
Bush was trying to do Evil?
PappaMac on May 7, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Best comment and quote on this topic.
shick on May 7, 2010 at 10:55 AM
So….Bush was trying to do Evil?
PappaMac on May 7, 2010 at 10:40 AM
Of course. He’s a stupid jet-flying evil christian./sarcasm
shick on May 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM
That was supposed to be a quote and not a strike out.
Of course. He’s a stupid jet-flying evil christian./sarcasm
shick on May 7, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Yes, Obama has very good intentions… and although I don’t know where this road paved with good intentions leads, I’m hoping there will be ice cream when we get there. Yay ice cream!
*** Quit posting Hollywood “celebrities”, the shots seem cheap, and too easy to make… I almost feel bad mocking the poor misguided barely-coherent idiots.
gekkobear on May 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM