Actress Playing Sarah Palin in ‘Game Change’: ‘I’m a Liberal Democrat’
- Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:31pm by
Mytheos Holt
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Actress Julianne Moore may be playing Sarah Palin in HBO’s “Game Change,” but make no mistake — it is acting. Moore‘s own politics bear no resemblance to Palin’s. While being interviewed on the red carpet yesterday, Moore let slip that she sides more with President Obama than Palin, even going so far as to refuse to comment on whether she supported anything Palin believed while praising Obama.
“You know, I’m leaving politics out of this. And she’s not a political figure right now, I mean, I think she’s a–right now–she’s a correspondent for Fox News,” Moore said. When asked the same question about whether she supported Obama’s policies, though, she was far more forthcoming:
“Yes. I’m a Liberal Democrat. So, yes.”
Here’s video of the exchange, courtesy of CNS News:
The CNS News story, however, does quote Moore saying a few encouraging things regarding her portrayal:
When asked what it was like to play Sarah Palin, Moore said, “It was fascinating. It really, really was. I mean, I think whenever you’re playing a living figure, let alone a historically and culturally significant one, you have a tremendous responsibility to be as accurate as possible, to be as true as possible.”
“So it was a daunting task,” Moore said. “I had–fortunately, everything is documented. I have a lot of things to draw on. There’s YouTube, all the books. And I really just tried to work within those parameters and be true within the characterization.”
To be fair to Moore, she didn’t write the script, which will probably influence the portrayal of Palin far more than her. Nor is it impossible for a liberal actress to do justice to a conservative woman’s career — Meryl Streep recently won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher, a portrayal that was praised by political commentators of all stripes even as the script was panned.
The script, however, may be more problematic in this case than even in Thatcher’s case. McCain staffers have already condemned it as an exercise in giving fiction a bad name.
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Comments (89)
JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:32pmWritten, directed, produced, lighted, shot, edited and acted by liberals. I‘m sure it’ll be honest and a true-to-life FILTHY.LYIN’,DECEPTIVE PIECE OF TRIPE. …but I could be wrong.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:42amYou’re not wrong. The amazing thing to me is that they are still so wound up about her 4 years later that they have to make a movie about it. A movie about John Edwards would be more interesting with all the lying, cheating, secret baby and dying wife stuff.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 7:42amThe Liberals just can’t let this one go. Palen should be getting a piece of every liberal Hollywood types salary since she has made the Lyons share of their wages for the past four years. How about a Barney Frank Episode, or even, heaven forbid, a wiener thing?
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 9:21amNo shock. Who’s Hollywood?
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column
Same old story.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 9:34amWe know… We do not forget… We do not…
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:41amTruth hurts?
Produced by: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman.
Report Post »Based on Game Change by: John Heilemann, Mark Halperin.
Screenplay by: Danny Strong.
Jews
The_Jerk
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:47amHanks is not an ethnic Jew.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:30amJerky, you gotta stop the nose counting. It‘s makin’ all of us look bad.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:22pmLet me get this straight Julianne Moore plays pretend. This is something that children do. So her life story can be summed up as this person played pretend. What a waste of skin and oxygen!
Report Post »mrkeys1962
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:07amLet’s get even beyond “pretend”. Acting is portraying something you are not. It is basically an art of lying (sp?). The better you are as a liar the more praise is heaped on you, you are awarded for your ability to lie and you are held up as some sort of idol for people/children to look up to that somehow has been elevated into a higher credible authority on opinion. The regular, hard working American‘s are too stupid to know what’s good for them. It takes the ultimate, successful liars to tell and convince them what is good for them. Just gotta love entertainment.
Report Post »SoNick
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 9:58amwow now acting is bad? because the acting world is mostly liberal? Wow, I can’t wait to live in your beige utopia.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:23amSonick, acting is not bad. It’s fake, and does not merit idolization. Idolization is a media creation that traps minds at a young age. Mix that with social engineering government schools, and you have a society of blazing fools.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 1:01pmAnd… the Definition… of a Liberal, Democrat, Actress… who all the Studio Heads approve… is…
Report Post »Whats up with that
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:00pmLet me see…Liberals hate Sarah Palin yet they can’t wait to see a fake version of her…Confused…Boycott this movie…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:49pmCancel HBO!!!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:55amI love it how the librals hate Sarah…absolutely love it…By the way Sarah is much prettier than Ms. Moore…in my opinion.
Report Post »ginger100
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:46pmBlack Face actors are funny. OH Mammy.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:20pmThey were more Talented & Entertaining… than funny!
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:17pmSarah Palin is VERY attractive. This woman is not!
Report Post »Sarah Palin HAS character. This woman does not!
Sarah Palin HAS values. This woman does not!
Sarah Palin CAN sleep at night. This woman can not!
jeanr
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:25pmAgreed. She has so much character that she completed nearly three…count ‘em THREE years of her term as governor. Seriously, who else does that? I have done extensive research and nobody has even come close. What a great American patriot.
Report Post »mischiefman2000
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:25pmJeanR… how bout that President serving out his term as a Senator? Now that is exceptional
Report Post »xcppr
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:28pmYou are right on.
Report Post »FiveFreedoms
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:00pmWe are tired of being talked down to by the Hollywood crowd. I’m also sick and tired of their attempts to manipulate the public. I’ll be canceling HBO in the morning when Comcast opens for business.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:50pmTHANK YOU … I don’t have HBO .. and I cut back my cable service when I found out I was supporting ALGORE’s Current TV …
Report Post »TDOM
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:59pmGodless – Soulless liberals do not understand what the truth is or the need for it.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:39pmThe biggest (of MANY) insults in this movie is the casting of a Butt-Pig like Moore to play Sarah Palin.
Report Post »Brian Paasch
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:32pmNo, really???? We are so surprised!!!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:48pmThe Blaze says, “While being interviewed on the red carpet yesterday, Moore let slip that she sides more with President Obama than Palin…” Seriously, “let it slip”? Like she accidently said that? I don’t think that was an accident, I imagine she said that before, like to everyone she’s ever spoken to about the role.
Report Post »ilikai
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:30pmthis isn’t news, more than 90% of Hollywerid is liberal Democratic.
Report Post »Cemetery
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:28pmAmazing how she leaves politics out of it when asked about Palin’s policies, and then does a complete 180 when asked about Obama’s.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:26pmJulliann you are the 1 % that your liberal buddies at OWS HATE maybe you should give all your money to them that way YOU as a socialist will feel better, you hollyweird all speak about how liberal you are while you are living in your mansions, open your doors to the protesters in Ca. put your money where your mouth is see how long you stay a liberal
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:23pmBREAKING… Multiple bone fractures reportedly due to headline readers being knocked over with feathers.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:30pmLOL very good!
Report Post »Windsong
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:15pmGosh, Ms. Moore, what a great job of acting! You portray a political figure, running as VP in a political election…and you’re leaving politics out of it.
I think that when your life story is done on the big screen – the lead actress should leave actual facts about Julianne Moore out of it.
Liberals are now known as the ‘helpless’ party. You can’t balance a checkbook, you need the government to help you with your morgage payments, education costs, food, clothing and birth control are becoming your ‘rights’, and you can’t make a decision on the food you or your children eat without a directive from one of your unelected czars. I volunteer to help the truly needy, but I pity those who choose to be ‘kept’ in life.
The difference between you and Sarah Palin – and I’m no fan of hers – is honor, morals, integrity and honesty. Oh, and I would imagine she can live perfectly well without the government’s involvement in her life. No, Ms. Moore, you are way too helpless to do that role any honor. I’ll skip seeing your work of art, thank you.
Report Post »MarcusFL
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:13pmJulianne Moore couldnt act at being a pimple on Sarah’s butt. She is a terrible actress. She isnt even pretty!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:05pmI’m a Liberal Democrat….SLUT.
Report Post »MarcusFL
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:15pmThat’s a BAD word!!!!!!
According to the left the c or t word is ok.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:03pmThe ignorance of liberals is just amazing, to not understand that socialism won’t work, is insane. To not notice that hey, the nation had a poverty rate and illiteracy rate that were both in single digits until liberals declared war on them, and now 40 years later, close to 1 in 3 live in poverty, and over 1 in 3 drop out of high school, and are completely unemployable.
Report Post »mrkeys1962
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:14amUnemployable?? Didn‘t you read a few weeks back that a statement came out from a branch of the regime that businesses better be aware that if they don’t hire someone because they don’t hold a high school diploma that they will be open for lawsuits? The reasoning? Because someone who doesn’t obtain there diploma may have a handicap such as ADD etc. How in the hell does anyone think we will compete against the world when the liberals are doing everything they can to dumb down our population while China and others are educating there kids at breakneck paces?
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 2:10amSadly yes, one of the major problems we as a world has, is this crap, where everyone has to end up suffering equally, no matter how good they are, no matter how hard they work, or not. 60 years ago, if you didn’t work hard, couldn’t finish your work, you were removed from advanced education, and taught a skill to earn a good living. Now sadly, they hold every back, nobody gets life skills, and sadly we have to import illegal immigrants to do the silled labor we need. Hail Obama.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:56pmJulianne play acts for a living and makes millions of dollars that obama wants to re-distribute to those that don’t want to work; but she supports him. Julianne, please explain why.
Sarah works hard, loves God, her family and her country. I love and admire Sarah and understand why the American people would support this very strong woman.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:54pmsums it up……..
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:52pmdahling your not a liberal democrat.,….your a progressive white slave…and a dolt
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:17pmAmazing isn’t it .. how “smart” all these sad progressives think they are …. when they know nothing and make their living saying other peoples words .. kind of like Obama.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:46pmHey Blaze, here is another scoop for you. Richard Simmons is Gay!!!! Now there is a headline.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:15pmYes .. my first thought === I AM SHOCKED …. NOT!
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:57pmNo way !
;^> really ?
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:44pmWho cares……..you liberals are out of control with your lies and disturbing treatment of all good Americans. The only good thing about this is we are happy to know you all are so terrified of Palin that you have to make up stories to try to hold her back……..lol
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:46pmDuh…
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:43pmShe‘s not going to make a political statement out of it she say’s,but she doesn’t agree with Palin on anything and she is a democrat,you see how shallow they are?
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:42pmDidn’t she play a porn actress in some wretched movie with Dirk Diggler? Is she married to Dirk?
Oh wait, I got it, did she have a sex change operation from Dirk to Julianne? I mean the real Dirk, not the actor. Nah, it’s coming to me now, she is so jealous of Sarah Palin she just had to have the part.. oh not Palin’s bod, her brain.
Just asking.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:41pmYes, now there’s news! LOL! Ms. Moore doesn‘t hold a candle to Palin’s beauty inside or out. I will miss this little flick.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:57pmAnd they say Sarah is dumb, at least she is open and honest.
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