Review by Pamela Zoslov
Charles
and David Koch, the billionaire industrialist brothers known for
their funding of Tea Party and other right-wing causes, are livid about THE CAMPAIGN,
the freewheeling new comedy starring Will Ferrell and Zach
Galifianakis. The political comedy, directed by Jay Roach (
MEET THE FOCKERS, LITTLE FOCKERS, et al.),
features a pair of billionaire brothers named Motch, who back a
clueless idiot (played by Galifianakis) to run against a
scandal-plagued incumbent Congressman (Ferrell). After Galifianakis
called the Kochs “creepy” in an interview, a spokesman for the
brothers sniffed, “...[I]t’s laughable to take political
guidance or moral instruction from a guy who makes obscene gestures
with a monkey on a bus in Bangkok,” evidently confusing
Galifianakis with the character he played in
HANGOVER 2.
