Let’s switch it up shall we? Are you at all curious about what in hell’s doom led John McCain to pluck some Alaskan simpleton from relative obscurity, dress her up, feed her ego, and basically let her become the Zapf dingbats with a hair bump campaign grenade that she morphed into to his utter monstrous ball-shrinking detriment? Yes, well, Game Change would like you to witness the carnage.
This may be a teaser, but we do learn a few things. First, Ed Harris looks awful. We’re hoping there was a plethora of make-up effects used here, because sheesh, he looks like an incontinent old man. Oh, wait. Okay. Anyway, yikes! It’s like Ron Paul rubbed a genie lamp and asked to look like a two hundred year old portrait of Ben Franklin. So that’s scary.
Now on to Woody Harrelson. I adore Woody. There is something about him that is just so raucous and badass. Always. The best part of the whole trailer is when the announcer introduces Sarah Palin and you see Woody’s face. It’s a face that simultaneously says, “Good god. What have we done?” mixed with that look you get when you realize suddenly that three burritos, a chocolate shake, and chili fries were probably a mistake. He channels that look of fear, regret, and sheer intestinal terror quite well.
Finally there’s Julianne Moore. Does she look like Palin? Yes. Actually she looks more like her than I thought they could pull off. However, you realize that Moore is a smart person, so when she starts speaking you can almost see the joke. There is just that little bit of awareness in her portrayal that may not sell it completely. Sarah Palin if nothing else, totally, absolutely believed that she was the best thing about John McCain’s campaign. Moore looks a bit like she’s saying to the audience, “Do you believe this woman? Derp! Right? Anyway, guys, bear with me as I “act like” this crazy person! Seriously! Hey, Bill, stop laughing! You’ll make me laugh and then we’ll need to do another take.”
So, that’s what may not work, but I’m sure excited to see how they handle it! I look forward to all the “Holy Shit, we’ve created a monster!” moments. One should appear every 28 seconds.
