Revealed: Karl Rove Appeared At Tenacious D’s London Premiere
It has been revealed that George Bush’s closest political advisor, Karl Rove, appeared at the recent London premier of Tennacious D’s ‘Pick of Destiny’. When Kyle Gass went down with flu a week before the opening, Rove agreed to stand in at the last notice. His appearance came in the weeks following the Republican Party’s heavy losses in the mid-term elections but according to Rove, he promised the President that he would help revitalise the party once he’s finished promoting the work of his friend Jack Black.
Unrecognised by the London crowds, he mingled with fans who told him they connected with his fusion of hard rocking with a right-wing agenda. Said Rove: ‘I did this because the film has a very positive Republican message for kids out there. It says, kids: stay in school, do your work, believe in good Christian values, and don’t do drugs because you end up agreeing to make bad bad films’.
This isn’t the first time the two friends have worked together. Black helped Rove with the last Republican campaign, a project he enjoyed enormously. ‘The D know music like the D know politics,’ he said. ‘JB and KR are tenacious political animals, baby!’ The film opened to mixed reviews but most critics agree that Rove displayed an unexpected comedy potential. Said one critic: ‘With all the laughs in this movie, it’s hard to believe it’s the same Karl Rove who helped fashion so much of the US agenda for the last seven years.’
