Because Carrot Top Wouldn’t Dye His Hair?
October 24th, 2003 - 10:43 am
All the right-of-center pundits, professional and amateur, seem upset about CBS’s Reagan biopic.
Some claim it’s unfair, since it makes no mention of the huge economic gains made in the ’80s. Some worry that it undermines history, by providing no Cold War context. A few even argue that it’s personally insulting, since it unfairly portrays Reagan as a Bible-thumping homophobe.
But I’ll tell you the real problem with the show, the one detail CBS got so wrong that even liberals should feel dirty: Having Reagan played by James Brolin.
Let’s face it. Even during his Hollywood years, Reagan was a much better actor.
It truly is insulting to have Mr. Streisand playing the Reagan.
At least it wasn’t Clooney.
Or a Baldwin.
Also a lot better looking.
That’s crazy talk, Steve – why it was just yesterday that I watched Mr. James Brolin in his wonderfully understated portrayal of Wade in the Oscar-deserving 1977 film The Car.
I would be hard-pressed to think of a James Brolin in a pinch. Actually, I would be hard-pressed in any event. I do feel sympathy for the guy, though. Imagine being married to Babs!
I don’t even like Reagan and I’m seeing “smear” written all over this lump of crap.
C’mon, this is like if Fox did a biopic on Clinton.
They should have asked Michael Richards (“Kramer” from Seinfeld) to portray Reagan…he did a passable impression on the short-lived ABC retort to SNL that was called “Fridays” back in the early 80s…
When I was in high school, back in the ’70s, a friend of mine referred to Brolin as “a man who frequently tries to act.”
Nothing has changed…
I can’t help but smile to imagine James Brolin returning home from the set and coming on to Babs – in character!! I’ll bet a part of her really got off on that.