Sunday, February 8, 2009

The critics have spoken

...and they love the Ferrell show too.

Their opinions are so much trivia at this point since "You're Welcome America" is pretty much sold out, but it's still nice to see that, e.g., Ben Brantley likes the show even though Ferrell-as-Bush doesn't think much of the New York Times.

Still, for the record, below are links to reviews from some leading press outlets. (I'd say David Rooney of Variety pretty much nailed it.)

New York Times
"The Comedy of Ineptitude, Political Division"
by Ben Brantley

Variety
"You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush"
by David Rooney

Washington Post
"Doin' a Heck of a Job, Willie: Ferrell's Frat-Boy Bush Freshens Broadway Show"
by Peter Marks

Associated Press
"Will Ferrell relives 8 years of George W. Bush"
by Michael Kuchwara

New York Daily News
"Mission Accomplished! Will Ferrell is stupid good as former president George W. Bush on Broadway"
by Joe Dziemianowicz

New York Post
"BY GEORGE, IT'S A FERRELL OF LAUGHS"
by Frank Scheck

Bloomberg
"Ferrell's Bush Lap-Dances With Condi, Digs War"
by Jeremy Gerard

Ben Bass and Beyond
"Loved It!"
by some knucklehead

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congrats! BTW, the NY Post headlines seems like a parody of a NY Post headline.

PJ