What more needs to be said about the legend that remains former United States President Barack Obama? In addition to still-hilarious interactions with Zack Galifianakis on Between Two Ferns, meetings with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl over the history of American rock music or a sincere discussion with Leonardo DiCaprio regarding our planet’s decaying environment, it would seem the 44th Commander-in-Chief is a fan of Amazon Prime’s current hit series “The Boys,” as well as HBO’s 2019 critical smash adaptation of “Watchmen,” both of which served as a necessary reprieve during writing sessions for his new book “A Promised Land.”
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As mentioned in Entertainment Weekly, not only did both shows resonate with Obama as containing far more substance than your average superhero property, he also considers AMC’s “Better Call Saul” and NBC’s “The Good Place” in the same category of incredible TV, citing the outstanding characters and larger meanings present within both.
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“A Promised Land,” the first book Obama has published in fifteen years, marks not only the fourth time he’s put pen to paper but also the completion of a project he began around the time his second, final presidential term ended in 2016. With the exception of 2010’s heralded children’s book “Of Thee I Sing,” his prior works “Dreams from My Father” (1995) and “The Audacity of Hope” (2006) examined, respectively, his early political career and various cultural/spiritual viewpoints he’s held throughout, with “A Promised Land” encompassing nearly every aspect of his life up to Osama bin Laden’s takedown in 2011.
And it’s because of his composure and, well, Presidential qualities that makes it incredibly interesting to see that he, like you and I, enjoy watching heads explode in almost comical fashion on “The Boys.” And knowing that Obama is at home watching the messages of social justice and the horrors of systemic racism play out in the superhero epic, “Watchmen,” makes the former President of the United States seem…almost normal. That is to say, no matter if you have your hand on the nuclear button or just the buttons on your remote control, everyone enjoys some good ol’ fashioned superhero deconstruction and social messages.
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Having met with widespread acclaim and sales that clearly indicate a late-year chart-topping dominance as well as heightened anticipation for an in-the-works follow-up, “A Promised Land” allows the author to expound on his incredible accomplishments while portraying the man as nothing less than someone who’s just the same as his vast, receptive audience-whether it’s lauding a show he enjoys as much as the next person or a brief gush about his NBA passion, by telling the story of his life in “A Promised Land“, Barack Obama somehow manages to present the image of a president who couldn’t be more like everyone else.
“A Promised Land” is available in hardcover, digital & audiobook formats through Crown Publishing Group in North America and Viking Press around the rest of the world. “The Boys,” “Watchmen,” The Good Place,” and “Better Call Saul” are all available via streaming and VOD wherever you find such things.