You might remember popular screen actress Julianne Moore from her star turn in her commercial promoting gay marriage.
And who can forget her performance that turned heads in her voiceover for a Planned Parenthood commercial.
Given that, who else could Hollywood possibly have considered to star as Sarah Palin in a new HBO movie? Conservatives all over the country are resting easy knowing that this should be the fairest portrayal of a conservative hero since Barbra Streisand’s husband James Brolin played Ronald Reagan.
Deadline reports:
Sarah Palin is getting the movie treatment with HBO Films’ Game Change. Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore will portray the former Alaska governor in the project, which will chronicle Palin’s burst into the national scene as a surprise vice presidential candidate in 2008. Directing Game Change is Jay Roach, director of the Meet the Parents movies as well as the HBO film Recount, which examined the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election with a focus on the Florida recount.
Game Change is based on Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s book about the 2008 presidential elections and follows John McCain’s campaign from his selection of Palin as his running mate to their ultimate defeat in the general election.
You know, if I didn’t know any better I’d start thinking that Hollywood didn’t like us very much.
This is pretty in your face even for Hollywood. For millions of Americans Sarah Palin is a pro-life hero. And to have this very publicly liberal pro-choice actress (is that redundant?) play Palin is just another slap in the face.
Could you imagine Hollywood hiring Mel Gibson to play a Jewish holocaust survivor in a movie? Don’t think so. He’s said some things publicly that would stand in the way of him being able to take that role.
Could you imagine Hollywood giving a role about any prominent liberal and giving it to a known conservative? It would be like the role of Harvey Milk going to John Wayne. It just wouldn’t happen.
But Julianne Moore playing Sarah Palin? That’s fine. And if we say anything we’ll be tut-tutted and they’ll explain to us that she’s an actress who brings respect and love to every role she plays blah blah blah. They’ll point out that she played a lesbian in a movie but she’s not really a lesbian as if we’re idiots and don’t understand that actors are paid to pretend they’re other people.
Here’s the thing. They hate us. We know they hate us. Let’s not watch. Maybe we’ll live blog that night on CMR when it’s on. I’ll try to think of something exciting to do.
March 10, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Here's to hoping that during her attempts to get "in character", Ms. Moore will come to know an understand the Pro-Life and/or conservative position.
March 10, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Oh, dear.
Anyhow, when does the J.J.Abrams-Jim Caveziel show start?
March 10, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Couldn't they have picked an actress who was, well, at least good-looking?
March 10, 2011 at 2:24 pm
She won't be able to portray her fairly. There will be a detectable parody to her portrayal I have no doubt.
March 10, 2011 at 4:39 pm
She also was in Children of Men- a 'movie' which DESTROYED one of the great novels of the past century!!!argh….must go read the book to cleanse my mind it….
March 10, 2011 at 5:15 pm
she also looks nothing like her. too old.
March 10, 2011 at 5:56 pm
I have nothing particularly strong against Sarah Palin, but what amuses me is that the left is doing everything it can to destroy her reputation…just in time for the 2012 election season. NEWS FLASH: she's a red herring. Most conservatives love her, but don't think she'd be taken seriously as a candidate and probably wouldn't support her on the ticket. The left is naive enough to think that conservatives are terrible strategists who will support her, and they're shaking in their boots, so they try to ruin her. Meanwhile, other, more electable candidates will come into the foreground and all the leftist energy will have been wasted.
March 10, 2011 at 6:31 pm
I would love to join you in a live blog! When would this happen? Thanks for all you do hear on CMR and NCR. Most of the time I feel like you two are the voice of reason.
March 10, 2011 at 9:52 pm
The left also thought that Reagan, a former actor, would never be taken seriously… Palin is an electrifying speaker and has shown more guts and stamina than any of the other candidates. She's also not a closet communist.
March 11, 2011 at 12:24 am
St Genesius, pray for her!
March 11, 2011 at 9:25 pm
It's looking less like Sarah's going to run, and more like she's playing it out so that Hollywood stumbles all over themselves attacking her when someone else is delivering the necessary message.
To which I say: Well played.
And if she does run, there's a good chance that it'll be all for the better. So win-win, really.