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Comedy Legend Skewers Left in Slapstick Carol

Posted Jul 23, 08 2:15 PM CDT in Politics,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – They're calling it  “a spoof of A Christmas Carol and contemporary American culture,” from the director that brought you Naked Gun and Airplane! But what the press release doesn't say is that the director is David Zucker, a self-proclaimed “9/11 Republican,” and that American Carol is a brazenly right-wing send-up of Michael Moore as an America-hating Scrooge, to be converted by the ghosts of presidents past.

Zucker has deployed a cast of Hollywood's GOP A-listers, including Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Dennis Hopper, and Zucker stalwart Leslie Nielsen. “It outdoes any movie I have ever done in tasteless, offensive, un-PC humor,” says Zucker. The movie is getting advance buzz through the conservative Creative Response Concepts firm, which handled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign.

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Jon Voight, left, and Kelsey Grammer are seen during a dream sequence on the set of of David Zucker's new comedy, "American Carol."   (AP Photo/MPower Pictures, Sam Emerson)
Director David Zucker, self-described "September 11 Republican," is out to skewer Michael Moore in his new movie.   (Getty Images)
David Zucker attends a premiere of "Scare Movie 3" in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, October 20, 2003.   (KRT Photos)
In this May 23, 2004 file photo, American film director Michael Moore gestures while presenting his Palme d'Or trophy for his documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11."   (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
In this Feb. 24, 2008 file photo, Michael Moore arrives for the 80th Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, file)
Director Michael Moore poses for a portrait Oct. 9, 2002, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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