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Some Ferrell Audiences Unhappy About Getting Dick Rolled
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Billy Parker
Published Feb 7, 2009
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Six audience members have gotten up and walked out of the recently opened one-man show starring Will Ferrell, "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush." The moment in which some Broadway theater goers have been heading for the exits is when the backdrop of the stage is covered by a giant projection of a photo of the former president's penis. Ferrell's longtime creative cohort and director of the show, Adam McKay, told the Times, “It’s not the president’s penis, as far as I know...It’s an anonymous but age-appropriate public domain Internet penis. We went on the Web and got a penis." McKay says that it is "the one moment that is followed by people walking out.” He and Ferrell had some concerns that they could run into legal trouble with the president or the owner of the unit for using the image, but felt that it was important enough to keep in the show because to stay consistent with Bush's image because he says, “He is a frat boy, a big party guy, and you could imagine him doing this."
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