Woody Allen 'Obama Should be a Dictator For a Few Years'

I have not seen the clip but the story is tagged with an 'it was not a joke'. Not sure how it would be funny if it was meant to be.

http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/17/woody-allen-president-obama-dictator

"Woody Allen says President Obama should be granted dictatorial powers (seriously)
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In an interview published by Spanish language newspaper La Vanguardia (that we translated), Allen says “I am pleased with Obama. I think he’s brilliant. The Republican Party should get out of his way and stop trying to hurt him.”

But wait - there's more!

The director said "it would be good…if he could be a dictator for a few years because he could do a lot of good things quickly.""