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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Obama Romance Movie In Works – Who Will Play Young Barack?
2014-12-06
The White House legend that is Barack and Michelle Obama’s romance is heading to the screen. Southside With You, a drama in the vein of Before Sunrise, chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago’s South Side. Get On Up’s Tika Sumpter will play Michelle Obama (née Robinson), while the search is on to cast the young Barack.
A shoo-in for an academy award. Gonna show to packed houses fersherrr.
As Presidential lore has it, the date took some convincing. Obama, then an idealistic first-year Harvard Law student, took a summer job as an associate at Chicago law firm Sidley Austin where he fell for lawyer Michelle Robinson, his younger boss. Southside With You spans the day she agreed to go out with him when the two visited the Art Institute, took a long walk, and caught a showing of Spike Lee’s new film, Do The Right Thing. They were married in 1992.
Was that when he dumped his white girlfriend, whatsername?

Posted by:Buzz the Prolific1786

#29  Give it up, everyone - #9 BrerRabbit wins the thread! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2014-12-06 18:51  

#28  Moo's theme
Strong Klingon Horse Woman
Number one with our bullets
Posted by: Shipman   2014-12-06 18:30  

#27  We got any names of women who played gigantic assed angry Klingons in the Star Trek Movies?
To play Moochie, not Barry...
Posted by: tu3031   2014-12-06 17:48  

#26  Geez Bill, I hope you missed the script.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-12-06 17:13  

#25  oh and yes I know Obama was the intern.
Posted by: 3dc   2014-12-06 15:53  

#24  EWEE!

BTW.. marrying your intern has got to violate some sort of workplace sexual behavior law.
Posted by: 3dc   2014-12-06 15:52  

#23  Sorry for the absence, I just got back from puking my guts out in the nearest waste paper basket...
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-12-06 15:29  

#22  #4 I think Denzel Washington should play Michelle.

Yep. And Urkel can play Barry.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-12-06 13:21  

#21  Got to be at least one intelligent Trunk who can sneak language in some bill (you can read it after we pass it) that will kill any Hollyweird tax write off for movies.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-12-06 13:20  

#20  I vote for Oprah to play Michelle.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-12-06 12:54  

#19  Russell Brand. He is almost sufficiently annoying.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-12-06 12:53  

#18  Working title for the flick...."Me, Myself and I".
Posted by: AlanC   2014-12-06 12:47  

#17  should be a BIG box office smash


*snicker*
Posted by: Frank G   2014-12-06 12:03  

#16  Pappy Rue would add too much class to be believed.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2014-12-06 11:44  

#15  I'd think people would like to forget Barack era, as soon as possible.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-12-06 10:41  

#14  romancing the tampon
Posted by: newc   2014-12-06 10:39  

#13  I think we have a casting list working here.

Barack - Allison Williams
Posted by: swksvolFF   2014-12-06 10:31  

#12  C3PO will play young Boorak
Posted by: SR-71   2014-12-06 10:08  

#11  And maybe...RuPaul as Barry?

Rue Paul to play Michelle.

Think "subtlety."
Posted by: Pappy   2014-12-06 09:25  

#10  So it's a work of fiction - since all bumbles records are sealed.

And I believe that flag probably has 57 stars on it,

The scene where they read each other affirmative action applications is going to so romantic.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-12-06 09:13  

#9  I would think the lead part would be played by a mirror.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2014-12-06 08:32  

#8  A very dated foto. Note the 50 star pattern in the flag.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-12-06 08:21  

#7  Whatever horse wins the fifth race at Belmont should play Michele.

You all know Obama will play himself in the movie; he is a better actor than all other actors.

And in the spirit of diversity Marykate and Ashley Olson will play the obama girls.
Posted by: Airandee   2014-12-06 07:46  

#6  Who will play the teleprompter?
Posted by: whitecollar redneck   2014-12-06 06:52  

#5  #4 I think Denzel Washington should play Michelle.

Excellent choice! And maybe...RuPaul as Barry?
Posted by: Woodrow Stalin1308   2014-12-06 06:48  

#4  I think Denzel Washington should play Michelle.
Posted by: Incredulous   2014-12-06 06:07  

#3  A happy narrative before the d-i-v-o-r-c-e

Posted by: badanov   2014-12-06 02:08  

#2  Jay Pharoah, or I'm not going.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-12-06 01:57  

#1  Yoohoo, Barack + Michelle, do I get a role or invite?

You know, considering our collective past ... ...

FYI I'm willing to bring Molotovs, AK's, + invite Monica to come along.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-12-06 01:11  

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