![]() ![]() Everybody needs to step their date game up. Damn if the Obamas didn't knock it out the park on date one. 'Southside With You': Meet The Actors Who Portray Barack And Michelle Obama The romantic comedy opened in theaters Friday and is loosely based on President Obama's first date with Michelle. It explains why they sometimes look at each other like they are sharing a private joke.Ĥ. It explains why they sometimes seem to be keeping it real and truly enjoying that that is enjoyable about being the first fam. It is unapologetic about all three of these elements, and interweaves them in such a subtle fashion that they become more pronounced only upon later reflection. Now we see the glamour and the polish and the panache but that night they were just two like-minded attractive people with dreams sharing an ice cream cone. Southside with You is at once a love song to the city of Chicago and its denizens, an unmistakably Black romance and a gentle, universal comedy. Looking at the two of them know, it's easy to forget that they literally educated and worked their way from the very bottom to the very top. That kind of unflagging pursuit would be hard to resist in a cute, attending-Harvard-Law and about something more that foolery type of guy.ģ. ![]() This was (and still is) a dude that keeps his eyes on the prize. He was not giving up until she gave him a shot. I don't know (and I'm certainly not going back to ask) if I've ever been pursued with the single-minded intensity that Barack had. Chronicles the summer 1989 afternoon when the future President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first. Did I miss a Barackian unpolished jewel because I thought his whip was ratchet and the dinner menu wasn't up to par? Maybe so, maybe be not. But the me that I was back then would've been hung up on the fact that he was dead broke, he smoked, his car was crappy, and he liked himself a lot. Yes it was obvious he was smart and cute and gifted. I don't know if I would've recognized the potential in a young Barack that she did. The seeds of who they are today, Barack's political roots as well as Michelle's drive to serve are all foreshadowed on this date. Watching their day unfold, a few things smacked me in the face.ġ. It lasted eight-plus hours and every bit of it was compelling. The Obamas actually ate lunch on their first date beside the fountain at the Art Institute of Chicago and not in a park as depicted in the movie. Without giving away the plot (though we know how it works out, don't we?) their first date was epic. ![]()
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