Wanda Sykes: Was She Too Much For The Room?
Over the past weekend the White House Correspondents held their annual dinner. Only 14 presidents, beginning with President Calvin Coolidge in 1924, have attended this grand affair.
The White House Correspondents Association is in charge of the planning of the event. After all it is their dinner where reporters receive awards for journalism and students receive scholarships. They choose the hotel venue, the menu and the evening’s comedy host. It is a tradition since the 1940s for the correspondents and their guests-usually actors and other entertainers along with politicians to be entertained by the witty observations of the evening’s featured hired speaker.
This year their choice was Emmy Award winning writer, actor, comedian and author Wanda Sykes. Mostly known for her stand-up comedy Sykes is a talented graduate of Hampton University who has been lauded for smart comedic delivery by her peers. In fact she’s rank among the Top 25 Funniest People in America by Entertainment Weekly.
Some media types are saying Wanda crossed an imaginary line of good taste when she made some barbed remarks about Rush “I hope the Obama administration fails” Limbaugh.
We think Wanda Sykes gave the White House Correspondents their money’s worth. If you are the President or the First Lady you may have been a bit uncomfortable in response to some comments she made about the loud mouth fat guy on the radio who resembles, and we believe, is often confused with, the mascot for the Grand Old Part (GOP)–the pachyderm.
Watch the video. You decide if Wanda was out of line. Then make your comments here. We’d love to know what you think.
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