I’ve already commented on French presidents in another post. This post, however, is going to be about my reaction to a video I saw of President Obama. Here’s a link : http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/18e820ec3f/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis-president-barack-obama In a short recap, the video is part of a series called Between Two Ferns that the actor/comedian Zack Galifianakis hosts, usually with celebrities, where he literally sits between two ferns and conducts ridiculous interviews, making fun of himself and his guest/s. The website’s major demographic is 18-34 year-old males [1] and it functions on a system of votes : once a video is posted, viewers vote whether a video is funny or not. I was shocked to see a short clip from the series with President Obama as a guest. It was shocking I suppose because I’ve been in France for a while where I’m used to seeing the president solely as a political figure. But also because the video blurs the line, in my