Director Jeff Schaffer is hailing Rob Reiners posthumous turn as George Washington in Larry Davids Obama-produced HBO series as the late filmmakers last laugh against President Donald Trump.
Reiner who died late last year along with his wife, Michele completed the role just a month before his death, appearing as the nations first president in Davids historical sketch comedy, *Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness*. According to Breitbart, the production kept Reiners cameo under wraps until the second episode dropped on July 3, with Schaffer telling *Variety* that the part gave Reiner the last laugh against President Trump.
Its coming out on Fourth of July weekend, and if it in any way spoils a sad octogenarians weekend, then oh well! Schaffer added, making clear the shows partisan target. In the episode, Reiners George Washington delivers a speech announcing he will not seek a third term and asserting that Congress can bar future presidents from clinging to power.
That premise sets up a thinly veiled attack on President Trump, as Larry Davids character pointedly asks, What if theres some asshole in office, some narcissistic prick who doesnt follow the Constitution? Reiners Washington responds by underscoring the importance of a peaceful transfer of power, prompting Davids character to declare that any future president who refuses to concede defeat is a sociopath and an insecure, lying asshole who would even cheat at golf.
He could use the presidency to enrich himself and his family. He could send troops into American cities to terrorize and even kill American citizens, all to distract from the fact that hes friends with a pedophile, David adds, escalating the rhetoric into familiar left-wing caricature. Jimmy Kimmel also reportedly appears, with his character sneeringly asking whether a future president would taketh the time to challenge anyone who dare make fun of him?
The scene devolves into an argument that spirals into physical altercations, ending with Reiners Washington despairing, Were fucked, before an In Memoriam card honors the late actor and filmmaker. Larry Davids Obama-produced series, now streaming on HBO Max, thus becomes one more vehicle for Hollywoods obsession with President Trump, illustrating how he continues to live rent-free in the minds of entertainment elites even in a project completed just before death.
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