Casting for the Revival of “The Wizard of Oz”
A fellow
blogger (I Should Be Laughing) posts the best editorial/political cartons of
the week every Sunday morning. This week,
one cartoonist referenced the musical The Wizard of Oz to portray the President
as the visage of the all-powerful Wizard, while the actual man behind the
curtain was revealed to be Vladimir Putin.
We couldn’t agree more with this casting choice, but we got to wonder who
might fill the other roles in this revival. We humbly submit these suggestions:
Dorothy:
Nancy Pelosi
Scarecrow: Kellyanne Conway
Tin Man: Rush
Limbaugh
Cowardly
Lion: Mitch McConnell
Wicked Witch
of the West: Ann Coulter
Toto: Robert Mueller
Sadly, the
President himself did not make the final cut.
His unconvincing rendition of If I Only Had A Brain at the open call
auditions did not wow the Arteejee editorial board.
Break a leg
everyone!
(Thank you
for reading. If we only had a functional
democracy…)
posted by todd gunther | 2:50 PM
7 Comments:
Oh, Mitch as the Cowardly Lion is epic casting!
You should work in Casting!
To bad Super Orange didn't make the cut! That song suits him so well. He doesn't have a brain, a heart or courage, but maybe he'll have a new home surrounded by walls.
I think I will pass on this version.
If it's a remake involving a certain (though unseen) personage, maybe it ought to be entitled 'The Whizz' - which you may have to think about a bit laterally to get my point.
Your casting is not yet complete. Who will play the flying monkeys? The poor Wicked Witch of the East, so unjustly crushed to death by that cursed brat Dorothy?
Thank you, Bob. That was the easiest one to cast.
Thank you, Debra, but I doubt I could do it every day.
Thank you Deedles. I dare say Herr Orange would insist on playing all three parts since he "thinks" he's that good.
Truth be told, I'll pass on this version, too, Spo.
Yes, I get it. Thank you, Raybeard.
We'll raid Actors Equity for union scale actors to be the monkeys. The Wicked Witch of the East could be portrayed by a couple of mannequin legs sporting the ruby red slippers.
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