Adam McKay Admits He Messed Up Vice By Not Blaming Democrats
Adam McKay has responded to criticisms of his 2018 film Vice, admitting that he should have put blame on Democrats as well as Republicans in the Dick Cheney biopic. Adam McKay started his career with a series of wacky comedies, often starring Will Ferrell, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and Step Brothers. However, his entire career trajectory changed after he directed a snappy, star-studded affair that walked audiences through the sub-prime mortgage crisis of the late 2000s: the 2014 dramedy The Big Short.
The Big Short wound up being nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture, and would win Best Adapted Screenplay. That clearly energized McKay, who followed it up with the 2018 film Vice, which starred Christian Bale as Dick Cheney and followed his time in the White House, depicting him as the person truly pulling the strings during the second Bush presidency. Although the film was divisive, it was nominated for 8 Oscars and won Best Makeup and Hairstyling. McKay is back on the horse this year with Don't Look Up, an allegory for the climate crisis that has drawn criticism from both sides of the political aisle. Still, once again the movie puts McKay in the race for Best Picture.
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Per Deadline, Adam McKay reflected on Vice while speaking with the UK paper The Sunday Times. Now that he has gone even further in his political criticisms in Don't Look Up, he seems to feel that Vice was too myopic, saying that "I f***ed up Vice." He regrets presenting Dick Cheney as the sole villain in the film, insisting that "I regret not giving more blame to the Democrats, who went along with the war
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