We miss the Comedy Central sketch series “Key and Peele” for no shortage of reasons, but high up on the list was Luther, as the “Obama’s Anger Translator” sketches might have been one of pop culture’s most coherent and wise takes on President Obama during his years in office.
Read MoreKeegan-Michael Key On Why Less Money Means Smarter Movies, and Why the Whole Country Needs Anger Translators — SXSW 2017
The sketch concept didn’t officially retire after the end of the series in 2015, but it’s only reappeared irregularly — like, say, during a talk show appearance Keegan-Michael Key (who, as Luther, voiced the more angry side of Obama) made during this interview on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
Colbert cues Key up with one of Obama’s rare public comments regarding the health care debate, made via Facebook, and he only needs a few moments to sink into the role.
Read MoreKeegan-Michael Key On Why Less Money Means Smarter Movies, and Why the Whole Country Needs Anger Translators — SXSW 2017
The sketch concept didn’t officially retire after the end of the series in 2015, but it’s only reappeared irregularly — like, say, during a talk show appearance Keegan-Michael Key (who, as Luther, voiced the more angry side of Obama) made during this interview on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”
Colbert cues Key up with one of Obama’s rare public comments regarding the health care debate, made via Facebook, and he only needs a few moments to sink into the role.
- 7/19/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
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