@ReaganWorld @THR This is just so disgraceful but so instructive of the times we live in and how depraved people are. Have they no shame?
— Ed LaRose (@metaphorsbwithu) April 28, 2016
As Twitchy told you yesterday, Will Ferrell will reportedly portray a dementia-stricken President Reagan in an upcoming “satire.” Because Alzheimer’s is totes hilarious, you guys.
Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis failed to see the humor, and she penned a heartbreaking open letter to Ferrell:
Will Ferrell, do not mock my father Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s: https://t.co/FT0AoaQ0At pic.twitter.com/Gg2wBBpcfw
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 28, 2016
From Davis’ letter:
Alzheimer’s doesn’t care if you are President of the United States or a dockworker. It steals what is most precious to a human being—memories, connections, the familiar landmarks of a lifetime that we all come to rely on to hold our place secure in this world and keep us linked to those we have come to know and love.
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Alzheimer’s is the ultimate pirate, pillaging a person’s life and leaving an empty landscape behind. It sweeps up entire families, forcing everyone to claw their way through overwhelming grief, confusion, helplessness, and anger.
Perhaps for your comedy you would like to visit some dementia facilities. I have—I didn’t find anything comedic there, and my hope would be that if you’re a decent human being, you wouldn’t either.
@thedailybeast If Ferrell thinks mocking someone who died of Alzheimer's, maybe he should be evaluated. HORRIBLE idea.
— Speters (@SpaceChick2030) April 28, 2016
@thedailybeast If the goal is mocking the effects of this disease, as a pastor to many Alzheimer's sufferers, I find this reprehensible.
— Chris Caldwell (@drchriscaldwell) April 28, 2016
Michael Reagan, too, was disgusted at the film’s sickening concept:
What an Outrag….Alzheimers is not joke…It kills..You should be ashamed all of you. https://t.co/GNzqR5vjrX
— Michael Reagan (@ReaganWorld) April 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/ReaganWorld/status/725780250374729729
Awful.
@ReaganWorld Very true sir. I would not wish it on anyone, liberal or conservative. Nor make fun of anyone with the disease.
— Carmelo Pappalardo (@kwolfburg) April 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/aemdee/status/725474102815920128
@ReaganWorld thank you for this. #Alzheimers robbed my father of his future & took him from us too soon. Hardly funny
— Leigh Roche (@LeighRoche8) April 28, 2016
@ReaganWorld @THR It is pathetic that anyone would make jokes about a horrendous disease. #AlzheimersKilledMyMom
— Lori Olivia #MilitantNormal (@simplylorilee) April 28, 2016
@ReaganWorld Amen! My family is affected, daily. My sister's husband is in the advanced stage of #Alzheimers – it is no laughing matter.
— Susan (@VoiceofaPatriot) April 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/x05_org/status/725780582584713218
@ReaganWorld Amen and those of us that lived the long goodbye know the cruelty of those that don't respect the sadness of it.
— D Hough (@3catgone) April 28, 2016
There’s still time for Ferrell and Co. to take the high road. But will they?
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‘LOL Alzheimer’s! Hysterical!’ Report: Will Ferrell to portray ailing, bumbling Reagan in ‘satire’
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