Caption, uh, Steve Bridges? - pics

[Kadie]

WTF? - LOL These photos are part of Yahoo's Top Stories photo slideshow.


Political impressionist Steve Bridges imitates President Bush during a taping of 'Meet the Press' at the NBC studios in Washington Sunday, May 7, 2006. (AP Photo/NBC Meet the Press, Alex Wong)










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[Oceansaway]

1. LoL...n/t

[MADem]

2. A bit too many lights on to the be the Monkey

Monkey's lights are usually burnt out, and no one's home...

[Fenris]

3. He has Frankenstein shoulders.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. Fuck him, and, mainly FUCK Russert

why on earth did he have that second rate, UNFUNNY ham on, instead of Colbert?

huh?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. I started another thread on this earlier but my real point was

why waste time on some corporate gig comedian when there's so much real news to talk about? and the interview went on f**king FOREVER!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1124356&mesg_id=1124356

[NanceGreggs]

6. Because fifteenth-rate so-called 'journalists' ...

... actually look UP to second-rate comedians. Russert has been aspiring to second-rate status for years now.

[Lisa]

7. I see that Kevin Haney (the makeup guy) has re-done his molds ...

He keeps working on the prosthetics (perhaps to keep up with Bush's descent into decrepitude?). I have to admit, it's quite the technical accomplishment, making their version of Bush appear, not only lifelike, but less smarmy than the actual guy. (My cousin works in Hollywood, and he says not many people are able to sculpt and paint like this.) Keep in mind that everything you can see of Bridges, except for his teeth and eyes/eyelids, is fake! They could have used contacts and dental inserts if they wanted to, but it probably wasn't worth the extra hassle. (Bush, on the other hand, is 100% phony.)

If you look closely at Bridges -- his eyes are a bit further apart than Bush's are (not much he can do about that, though). And after the prosthetics, his chin is a bit longer ... this is probably why he tends to tilt his head forward when he's looking into the camera (the foreshortening makes the resemblance stronger).

http://www.ppi.cc/ppi_players/kevin_haney2.htm


Personally I think that focusing too much on the external appearance can undermine a really memorable impression. Bridges isn't too bad as an actor (he has the movement and voice copied pretty well, better than most other Bush impersonators who just happen to resemble him. But by presenting a cutesy version of Dubya, he's missed out on some of the depths (and I do mean depths) of the character. Will Ferrell and even Jon Stewart (who doesn't even use makeup) have that snickering, mean-spirited side of Bush down perfectly.