Officials of colleges around the country have complained about the recently-announced biopic Right Arm, which focuses on Michelle Obama, charismatic wife of President Barack Obama.  The film is not set to open until June 1st but is already causing a stir as lines begin forming outside of films so that eager viewers will be sure to be the first in the theater.
 
"Our entire Philosophy department is sitting in front of the Bijou now," said one college president.  "And they're not even first in line, because most of the Women's Studies majors were already all there.  The only students and teachers who show up any more are the so-called 'hard sciences', like Math or Physics.  And I hardly think that the purpose of college is to teach people things like that."
 
The film is the first of two which will focus on the First Lady, with the second, Left Arm, set to open on July 4th weekend.  They were directed by Yoko Ono and narrated by James Earl Jones, and will spend three hours and forty minutes "traversing the perfect space between Michelle's right shoulder and the tip of her right middle finger, which have been called the most perfect right arm in the history of humanity."
 
"It really is a unique journey," said Ono in an interview.  "What's it like, to see this arm up close, through a variety of different lenses?  What are its peaks, its valleys, its highs, its lows?  I think that it's a very affirming film.  It's the story of humanity, really, distilled in one perfect arm.  But I'm urging people to watch the director's cut, which is two hours longer and includes outtakes narrated by Tom Hanks and a special 'the making of' feature."
 
The soundtrack also includes previously-undiscovered tracks by John Lennon, but has been embroiled in controversy following a lawsuit by Paul McCarthy because he needs money to pay off his angry ex-wife.
 
Some journalists were concerned, though, with one noting that "almost four hours may not be enough time to properly appreciate the perfection that is Michelle's right arm.  It would be better if we replicated them in marble and  put them on the Venus de Milo, where they could be appreciated by art patrons for the rest of time."

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