Despite her decades-long career in television comedy, it turned out that an emcee of a Democratic convention was not the right role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, according to critics.
Louis-Dreyfus, 59, the Emmy-winning actress from hit shows like “Seinfeld” and “Veep,” is the last famous emcee at the DNC after Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington. But unlike the others, Louis-Dreyfus sought a more comical approach to her duties.
Former presidential candidate in 2020, Andrew Yang, introduced the actress and the two exchanged banter that included jokes about the pronunciation of the name of Vice President Mike Pence – an indication of the recent dustup on how the first name of sen. Kamala Harris can be pronounced correctly.
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The jokes do not just land under criticism.
“Thank God this is the last night of the DNC,” responded Townhall.com’s Julio Rosas.
“Is this meant to be funny? Or is this Julia Louis Dreyfus just having fun with the whole political system and people at conventions trying and not being funny by a way-to-the-nose personification to do?” political strategist Liz Mair asked.
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“The #DemConvention is not a stand-up comedy show,” tweeted pollster Frank Luntz. “It’s to teach us about the issues and tell us about the personalities who want to lead us. These are serious times, and they deserve serious comment.”
“That twitter is just * about * about Julia and Sarah Cooper – but I wonder how the comedies easily take swipes at ‘Poonce’ and Trump goes with that Trump voter in 2016 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin who’s on it very much it is doing it again, “wrote McClatchy national political correspondent Dave Catanese.
Things apparently got worse for Louis-Dreyfus when she cracked a joke following a gloomy clip by Joe Biden that explained how important his faith is to him, especially after the 2015 death of his son Beau Biden.
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“Just remember, Joe Biden goes to church so regularly that he does not even need tear gas and an alliance of federal troops to help him get there,” the actress said.
“Joe Biden goes to church so regularly that he does not even need tear gas and a bundle of federal troops to help him get there.”
That was in reference to President Trump’s controversial visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, after it was vandalized after protesters were forcibly removed from Lafayette Square so the president could walk away from the White House.
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“wow. most show deaf follow-up to that Biden discussion about faith ever,” responded Roll-politics editor Herb Jackson.
“That Biden video was pretty awesome, and then @OfficialJLD just made that snarky, flat joke just devastating. Show deaf. Wow,” CNN commentator Scott Jennings said before comparing her performance to Clint Eastwood’s “empty chair” bits on it 2012 GOP Convention.
