The other day, I read an article in the New York Times about Stormy Daniels and her testimony in the Trump fraud case. The article mentioned that Stormy did a bit part playing herself in the film, Bad President, a satirical film which tries to explain how Trump became our 45th president by selling his soul to the devil. Although the film was mildly amusing, there was only one cast member that RQS and I recognized in the film - Stormy herself. And this got us thinking - who could be involved in a more expensive remake of this film that would be top notch?
Since this film's plot has the devil looking to make chaos, and Trump being a stupid fool who could be easily manipulated due to his greed, his narcissism and his lack of humility, we figured that we'd need someone with gravitas to make the role memorable - and came up with Whoopi Goldberg. Given that Satan is played by a black fellow in this film, switching Satan's gender opens the remake up to even funnier gags. The role of Donald Trump would go to Alec Baldwin, as he knew how to go over the top in his SNL performances. The role of Stormy Daniels could be given to her - if she wanted to play herself in an exaggerated manner. It would be nice to see another adult entertainer get a chance to go "legitimate". Most of the other roles could come from central casting. But I would like to see Richard Gere play Michael Cohen, based on his performance in Chicago.
But who would script and direct this film? Mel Brooks is way too old for a full time gig like this. Yet, he could be a consultant. I could see a younger version of Steven Spielberg producing the film, based on his work in "1941". Maybe Michael Hoffman (director of "Soap Dish") could handle direction duties. And Andrew Bergman (also from "Soap Dish") could handle the over the top script?
Yes, reality is stranger than any film that could have been dreamed of in 2016. But now, we need to find a way to laugh at recent history AND to leave the Trump family fuming. Years ago, Charlie Chaplin said that he might not have made "The Great Dictator" had he known how evil Hitler was. If I could go back in time, I'd have told him that it was essential that the film be made - evil men need their bubbles burst, and to be shown as poor excuses for humans....
PS: Bad President can be streamed on Freevee....
