Review of Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush (2009) by Bernard L — 07 Nov 2009

Will Ferrell portrays George W. Bush for the last time in this Broadway show where Bush shares with the audience his complex thoughts on his life while he was still in Texas as well as his experience being, arguably, the worst ever president of the United States.

If I had to recommend one Broadway show to anyone it would be this one. I loved Will's impression of George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live(in my opinion, he's the only comedian who does a convincing job of portraying him)and I never would have expected something like this to work. Well, I was wrong. It was very funny and even a little sad reliving some of Bush's and America's less proud moments(okay, does Bush have any proud moments?). The play is written by Will Ferrell himself who I think should consider writing more often because this was hilarious. I loved the interaction Bush has with members of the audience, especially when he's making up nicknames for them based on their first names and occupations. At times during this special, I forget that it's Will Ferrell playing George W. Bush and not the actual dimwitted ex-president who will be missed for his utter stupidity. The only thing that gets distracting is the cursing which starts getting cheap laughs after a while and one scene which was a little over the top sleazy and not very funny. These are minor complaints since everything else in the show makes up for it. There are people out there who get offended over little things and will not like this because they'll consider it to be political propaganda(which it's not). This is just for a laugh and shouldn't be taken so seriously! Bush definitely provided Americans with at least one great thing(not intentionally of course) and that was Will Ferrell's impression of him which is almost as funny as the real Bush himself.