Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh.
Limbaugh is shaken, not stirred.
For you hooter toters without eyes, I guess I need to tell you that Idris Elba is one fine lookin’ hunk of flesh. We’re talking gorgeous. And, honey, he wears his pants so tight that I can’t breathe.
It has been suggested that Elba should be the next James Bond. You know, in the movies. Where it’s fiction. You know, made up.
But, holy cow, Rush Limbaugh is not going easily into that goodnight of the white male, bygawd. Rush says that cannot happen.
Limbaugh argued during his show on Tuesday that Elba shouldn’t be cast as Bond because he’s a “black Briton” and the MI-6 protagonist was conceived as a white man from Scotland.
Shuddup, you wasted old fart white guy. Just shuddup.
James Bond takes off his shirt at least once in every movie. I will pay money to see that.
Limbaugh admits …
I know it’s racist to probably point this out.
Racist, yes, of course. But it’s also bad grammar and really, really insane.
Really insane.
To suggest that Bond be BLACK, is like saying Jesus was not a blue eyed blonde….. Heads may explode and I want it on video.
1Poor Rush. He really needs to read more. Would it cause his head to explode to learn that young men played the ladies roles in Shakespearean plays, or that the fictional roles in both Annie and The Wiz were not played by whites, or whatever. Maybe he should start with a dictionary and learn 3 words: fiction, role and acting.
2As Rush veers off into fighting truly fictional battles, I just hope if Jaba The Hutt appears in one of the new Star Wars movies, Rush doesn’t take it too hard should they use CGI instead of offering him the role.
I mean, it comes with slave girls, doesn’t it?
3Given the choice between a James Bond who looks like Elba versus one who looks like Limbaugh I have no hesitation in choosing Elba.
A black man would be conventional, but interesting and effective. A blubbery, deranged, erratic and bile-ridden old white man like Limbaugh would be unthinkable.
4Come on…Limbaugh would make a great Bond villain. He could only turn right…..like Zoolander…We could name him Spiral.
5Hey, anything that raises Limbaugh’s blood pressure works for me. The more we keep him red faced & vein popping, the faster he’ll get to Dante’s 9th Level of Hell. He’ll fit right in with Cain, Antenor, Judas, & Satan hisowndamnself.
Rush needs to be reminded that, Jesus was brown, James Bond is a fictional character and he is not Ian Fleming.
Good Grief.
6I wish someone would make a movie about Rush and have a gay black man play him!
7It might just be the one that sends him completely over the edge!
If it drives Rush Limbaugh nuts, I’m all for it–especially if the role of James Bond could go to someone that easy on the eyes. Beats Daniel Craig any day.
8Just heard about the possibility this weekend. Idris Elba is pretty enough for me! Go for it.
9Y’know those patrons who have intimated that Limbaugh deserves the role in an upcoming Bond film as the villain are really on to something. BUT Limbaugh in Star Wars CIV as Jabba the Hut… simply brilliant. Hats off. We are so unworthy!!!
10My husband found someone online saying that a black man couldn’t play James Bond because every time he tried to drive off in an Aston Martin he’d be pulled over. But I say go for it– what’s life without willing suspension of disbelief?
And y’all know what the difference is between Rush and the Hindenburg?
One’s a flaming Nazi gasbag and the other’s a dirigible.
11Rhea, darlin’, pretty please let me steal that definition of Rush Limbaugh! It MUST be shared. I will give you all the credit!
12If that is how ol’ Rushbo responded to *that* notion, I can only hope that they shelve the Idris Elba idea.
And then choose a black female from hmm, let’s say California (raised in England!) as the next Jaymes Bond. Perhaps she should be a lesbian also?
13Oh, Rhea … I LOVE that description of Limpballs!! OMG … that is priceless!!
14Rush Limbaugh was conceived as a fat stupid racist white man from America. He should be forsaken, not heard.
15Okay,
I admit that many of us get seriously attached to our iconic characters in film or TV. I remember shouting “blasphemy!” when they wanted to re-do original Star Trek as younger versions. Mind you, I love the movie, but I had real issues with other people acting in roles I was attached to.
I recall a number of people were bitchin’ about Bond being done as a blonde a few years ago. But the stereotype has been broken with Bond a number of times and it is definitely not worth throwing hissy fits about.
Though I am ashamed to admit that I like Limbaugh throwing ridiculous hissy fits–especially on non-politics. Because 1) it helps people be dissuaded away from listening to him and 2) I hope his blood pressure makes it medically necessary for him to end his career. Anything to mute him from air waves.
16Daniel Craig, who is, IMHO, the best Bond yet, is slated for two more Bond films — Spectre and Bond 25. When they’re done, I’ve no objection to Idris Elba taking over the role, although I have no say in the matter.
17Rhea, I think you win the prize!
18How many hours is his show? It’s gotta be hard to find that much to complain about. Fiction is hard to do. I know I’ve tried.
19Oh, oh, oh! Juanita Jean, you made me look, and I will never be the same. I couldn’t remember what he looked like so I googled him. Do you know that there are some amazing photos…eek, naked as the day he was born.
Can I tell that on your professional politicial blog?
20Limp-aw is a useless wad of DNA. Actually, I was hoping that the next Bond might be of Spanish extraction just cuz I really can’t get over Antonio Banderas. There. I said it. Yummy!
21I would love to take credit for the “flaming Nazi gasbag” but I heard it years ago and can’t remember where. Anybody who wants to use it, feel free to spread it widely. The more people who laugh at that jackwagon the better.
Maggie– Antonio Banderas. Taking *his* shirt off. Oh, I would pay to see that, yes.
And if Bond could be black (and take his shirt off), Denzel Washington is another good candidate.
Dang, I just *took* a shower. Wasn’t cold enough, apparently.
22OK, had to look him up because the only time I go to the movies is to take the teenage almost god-daughter. Earlier today, took her to Hunger Games: Mockingbird Part I (for the second time!) followed by A Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. And he is one fine-looking man!
23i heard that NIGHT IN THE MUSEUM was funny. Or satirical. Or at least entertaining. Was it?
24Limbaugh has had his nose out of joint about the movie business ever since Hollywood refused to cast him in the role of Flounder in Animal House.
25I would be fine with Idris. Because of all the re-casting, I tend to think of Bond more like Dr. Who–a title rather than a single individual. Besides, the only measure of any future James Bond should be hotness. Not a problem with Idris.
Besides, he’s already been cast against type in the Thor movies as the Norse God Heimdall. And as would be expected, the racists came out for that one, too.
http://comicsalliance.com/racists-thor-idris-ebla-racism/
26Marge,
Night at the Museum was entertaining. God-daughter and I enjoyed it. Ben Stiller’s character is less frantic than in the first two movies. Had forgotten that Robin Williams was Teddy Roosevelt in first two movies and was startled at his first appearance. It was a good performance, but had tears in my eyes. Hugh Jackman has an uncredited cameo spot towards the end. It’s worth the ticket price.
27@DaddyWasATexan:
28You are right, James Bond IS a Time Lord. You just never see him morph from one generation to the next.
Rush, Rush, Rush. Come into the 20th century. (I figure the 21st would be too much of a shock for you.)
So I guess Audra McDonald should not play, oh, Lizzy Curry, Carrie Pipperidge, Mother Abbess?
http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/103974/Audra-McDonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nngDX3Qnin0
29Limbaugh is just afraid that a black man playing Bond would lead to other things, like a black president. Oh right, we have already done that!!!!!!!!!!!
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