Mitt Romney As 'The Artist': Chris Matthews Show Makes Movie Parody For GOP Candidate (VIDEO)

Chris Matthews took a trip to the movies on his Sunday syndicated show, using Oscar favorite "The Artist" to make a parody trailer about Mitt Romney and his many verbal gaffes.

"The movie's about the perfect silent picture star who faces his downfall when he has to open his mouth," Matthews said. "And that made us think of a certain Republican frontrunner out there."

The trailer is for a movie called "Mitt: Better Off Mute," and, just like "The Artist," it's a silent, black-and-white affair. Over shots of Mitt Romney greeting seemingly adoring crowds, title cards read:

"Meet Mitt Romney - The PERFECT Presidential Candidate. A real crowd pleaser - right out of central casting! He just LOOKS like a President! But - A terrible problem... He'd be better off as a silent movie star..."

Cut to Romney talking about the height of trees in Michigan. The parody was filmed before Romney said that he knew lots of NASCAR team owners, so that gaffe didn't make the cut.

Also on HuffPost:

More awkward Romney moments.

Comments

[logicaldog]

07:53 AM on 02/29/2012

Is he not the creepiest person on earth, especially when trying to be funny?

[raysr11]

01:27 PM on 02/28/2012

Only a guy who has purchased trees for their 'height' correctness would ever THINK to make this statement(Mansions, 'that tree is too tall, get me some shorter ones')

[chasebailey]

09:16 AM on 02/28/2012

Chris Matthews: "Waaaa, the repubs already made a spoof on Obama called the Con Artist!! We have to make one of Romney!! Hopefully it will get that tingle back!!"

What a poor excuse of a journalist. And you libs STILL bash FOX?!?!
Pathetic.

[reggiemalmiller]

08:43 AM on 02/28/2012

Typical Matthews...make fun of people. Chris Matthews is a BULLY, I bet he was the high school bully. The MSNBC network is full of ignorant people, by that I mean ,,,when somebody is talking they disagree with you can hear giggling in the background, very professional!

[Rjchinook]

08:36 AM on 02/28/2012

Mitt is so awkward with the 99% that I almost feel sorry for him. BTW Chris Matthews has a creative team working behind him.

[chasebailey]

09:16 AM on 02/28/2012

So creative they had to copy the Obama spoof? Doesn't sound so creative to me?

[RButler]

12:42 AM on 02/28/2012

It's like the universe caused 'The Artist' to be made, nominated and win and Oscar just so that Chris Matthews could use it on Romney.  It's too perfect to be a coincidence.  There IS 'intelligent design' after all.

[drhooper]

12:07 AM on 02/28/2012

Mitt is the perfect example of the guy you see that looks appealing until he opens his mouth. Wonk Wonk Wonk.......Nobody wants to date or have Charlie Brown for President.

[hammergonewild]

11:53 PM on 02/27/2012

Poor guy needs a personality transplant.

[BillAnthony]

11:37 PM on 02/27/2012

Romney's looks, his "too perfect" persona, and some clowning over a meaningless comment about trees. That's "scathing"? No one in media is more fixated on the trivial than Matthews.

http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2012/02/facts-and-legends-chimps-leap-from-bar.html

[Bucket-Of-Love]

12:08 AM on 02/28/2012

per·so·na/pərˈsōnə/
Noun:
1. The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others.
2. A role or character adopted by an author or an actor.

[breakingpoint]

10:27 PM on 02/27/2012

unless you have scores of money to pay the managers you aren't allowed to be this creative because of copyright laws

[rightisrightnow]

10:00 PM on 02/27/2012

Obama 2012 Ten million more people on the welfare rolls. Everyone stops looking for work and our Unemployment rate is zero..Free education Free housing Free food Get paid not to work all for your votes..Free healthcare for us all were make the rich pay 100% of it all..whose got my vote the handout man Obama 2012 live for free

[Mitch Johnesee]

10:26 PM on 02/27/2012

More people were added to Food Stamps under Bush than any other president... including Obama.

[WhereIsTheTruth]

11:21 PM on 02/27/2012

Don't go confusing it with facts.

[NOLAMoCity]

11:27 PM on 02/27/2012

There you go with those pesky facts again!

[Bucket-Of-Love]

10:41 PM on 02/27/2012

And what do you have to offer? You're as fake as Romney. What a dµmb paid tR0\\. Sick of you and your type.

[PublicInterestAdvocate]

09:54 PM on 02/27/2012

Romney is an empty suit but this clip by Mathews is more softball than hardball and it's far from "scathing" as promised by the Huff Post headline. Suckered again by dishonest headlines begging for a click. Obama will win, and he should, so let's cut out all the nonsense.

[rightisrightnow]

09:43 PM on 02/27/2012

Obama has done such a great job uniting our country and bringing us together. He has lowered our deficit and brought fairness to our tax system. He has made the world a safer place by stopping Iran from building a nuclear bomb.He has brought out huge crowds of people for peaceful gatherings in our public parks. We all now have affordable healthcare. Record amount of Americans are now getting free food and free housing. Gas is cheaper then it has ever been. There are fewer wars then when he came into office. Record numbers of Americans have just given up looking up for work because things are so good..

[Mitch Johnesee]

09:47 PM on 02/27/2012

Look - you lost all viability when you claimed the Iraq and Afghanistan wars cost a TOTAL of $200B... a number so absurd that you obviously were fed this info and you didn't bother to question it.

Seriously - look up the real number... it's well over 10x that amount.

[rightisrightnow]

09:51 PM on 02/27/2012

Slow down there partner I said the wars cost Obama 200 billion The total cost was right at 1 trillion. Most of that cost went under the last dummies deficits.

[rightisrightnow]

09:54 PM on 02/27/2012

Your number would be 2 trillion double the cost of the war in Iraq but you probably get your numbers from some guest on the Chris Mathews show. Surprised you didn't say three trillion.

[Sara Walsh]

10:10 PM on 02/27/2012

Sardonic. Interesting use of that rhetorical device. But seriously:

Do you want the gov't to run the economy or not? Do you want us to be the world police or not? Do you want us to steal oil and other resources imperialistically or not?

Learn your own ideology and get back to me because I have made the mistake of becoming genuinely curious.

[rightisrightnow]

10:17 PM on 02/27/2012

I do not think the Govt has any place running the economy.We should bring our military home and cut their budget in half. We should stop fighting wars and drill here at home instead of acting like we care about the environment while shipping oil from other nations who have no environmental regulations.

[George McAulay]

09:42 PM on 02/27/2012

I would have thought that countless numbers of bloggers would have inserted "manure" between him and artist

[Greybeard53]

09:22 PM on 02/27/2012

Oh, come on! You mods always try to hold my posts until the thread moves off the page if you post them at all. WHY is my response to Mrs Young being held? Who is overseeing this moderation process?

[Greybeard53]

09:32 PM on 02/27/2012

Oh well. Sorry, Mrs Young, I was attempting to engage in civil discourse concerning your "not even a Romney supporter" post, but I have been denied by some self-important flapper.

[George McAulay]

09:45 PM on 02/27/2012

Fapper