diff --git a/lib/ansible/vars/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/vars/__init__.py
index fd9bcb73847..c37f2963881 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/vars/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/vars/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from ansible.utils.debug import debug
 from ansible.utils.listify import listify_lookup_plugin_terms
 from ansible.utils.vars import combine_vars
 from ansible.vars.hostvars import HostVars
-from ansible.vars.unsafe_proxy import UnsafeProxy
+from ansible.vars.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var
 
 VARIABLE_CACHE = dict()
 HOSTVARS_CACHE = dict()
@@ -243,10 +243,7 @@ class VariableManager:
 
             # finally, the facts caches for this host, if it exists
             try:
-                host_facts = self._fact_cache.get(host.name, dict())
-                for k in host_facts.keys():
-                    if host_facts[k] is not None and not isinstance(host_facts[k], UnsafeProxy):
-                        host_facts[k] = UnsafeProxy(host_facts[k])
+                host_facts = wrap_var(self._fact_cache.get(host.name, dict()))
                 all_vars = combine_vars(all_vars, host_facts)
             except KeyError:
                 pass
diff --git a/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py b/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
index 04d5a5dcc82..9d39af565b0 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/vars/unsafe_proxy.py
@@ -50,116 +50,37 @@
 # http://code.activestate.com/recipes/496741-object-proxying/
 # Author: Tomer Filiba
 
-__all__ = ['UnsafeProxy', 'wrap_var']
+__all__ = ['UnsafeProxy', 'AnsibleUnsafe', 'wrap_var']
 
-class UnsafeProxy(object):
-    __slots__ = ["_obj", "__weakref__"]
-    def __init__(self, obj):
-        object.__setattr__(self, "_obj", obj)
-    
-    #
-    # proxying (special cases)
-    #
-    def __getattribute__(self, name):
-        if name == '_obj':
-            return object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj")
-        elif name == '__reduce_ex__':
-            return object.__getattribute__(self, "__reduce_ex__")
-        elif name == '__UNSAFE__':
-            return True
-        else:
-            return getattr(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"), name)
+import __builtin__
 
-    def __eq__(self, obj):
-        '''
-        special handling for == due to the fact that int objects do
-        not define it, so trying to guess whether we should or should
-        not override object.__eq__ with the wrapped classes version
-        causes problems
-        '''
-        return object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj") == obj
+class AnsibleUnsafe(object):
+    __UNSAFE__ = True
 
-    def __delattr__(self, name):
-        delattr(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"), name)
-    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
-        setattr(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"), name, value)
-    
-    def __nonzero__(self):
-        return bool(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"))
-    def __str__(self):
-        #import epdb; epdb.st()
-        return str(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"))
-    def __unicode__(self):
-        #import epdb; epdb.st()
-        return unicode(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"))
-    def __repr__(self):
-        return repr(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"))
+class AnsibleUnsafeStr(str, AnsibleUnsafe):
+    pass
 
-    def __reduce_ex__(self, protocol):
-        return (UnsafeProxy, (self._obj,))
+class AnsibleUnsafeUnicode(unicode, AnsibleUnsafe):
+    pass
 
-    #
-    # factories
-    #
-    _special_names = [
-        '__abs__', '__add__', '__and__', '__call__', '__cmp__', '__coerce__', 
-        '__contains__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__div__', '__divmod__', 
-        '__eq__', '__float__', '__floordiv__', '__ge__', '__getitem__', 
-        '__getslice__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__hex__', '__iadd__', '__iand__',
-        '__idiv__', '__idivmod__', '__ifloordiv__', '__ilshift__', '__imod__', 
-        '__imul__', '__int__', '__invert__', '__ior__', '__ipow__', '__irshift__', 
-        '__isub__', '__iter__', '__itruediv__', '__ixor__', '__le__', '__len__', 
-        '__long__', '__lshift__', '__lt__', '__mod__', '__mul__', '__ne__', 
-        '__neg__', '__oct__', '__or__', '__pos__', '__pow__', '__radd__', '__rand__',
-        '__rdiv__', '__rdivmod__',  '__repr__', '__reversed__', '__rfloordiv__',
-        '__rlshift__', '__rmod__', '__rmul__', '__ror__', '__rpow__', '__rrshift__',
-        '__rshift__', '__rsub__', '__rtruediv__', '__rxor__', '__setitem__',
-        '__setslice__', '__sub__', '__truediv__', '__xor__', 'next',
-    ]
-    
-    @classmethod
-    def _create_class_proxy(cls, theclass):
-        """creates a proxy for the given class"""
-        
-        def make_method(name):
-            def method(self, *args, **kw):
-                return getattr(object.__getattribute__(self, "_obj"), name)(*args, **kw)
-            return method
-        
-        namespace = {}
-        for name in cls._special_names:
-            if hasattr(theclass, name) and not hasattr(cls, name):
-                namespace[name] = make_method(name)
-        return type("%s(%s)" % (cls.__name__, theclass.__name__), (cls,), namespace)
-    
+class UnsafeProxy(object):
     def __new__(cls, obj, *args, **kwargs):
-        """
-        creates an proxy instance referencing `obj`. (obj, *args, **kwargs) are
-        passed to this class' __init__, so deriving classes can define an 
-        __init__ method of their own.
-        note: _class_proxy_cache is unique per deriving class (each deriving
-        class must hold its own cache)
-        """
-        try:
-            cache = cls.__dict__["_class_proxy_cache"]
-        except KeyError:
-            cls._class_proxy_cache = cache = {}
-        try:
-            theclass = cache[obj.__class__]
-        except KeyError:
-            cache[obj.__class__] = theclass = cls._create_class_proxy(obj.__class__)
-        ins = object.__new__(theclass)
-        return ins
+        if obj.__class__ == unicode:
+            return AnsibleUnsafeUnicode(obj)
+        elif obj.__class__ == str:
+            return AnsibleUnsafeStr(obj)
+        else:
+            return obj
 
 def _wrap_dict(v):
     for k in v.keys():
-        if v[k] is not None and not isinstance(v[k], UnsafeProxy):
+        if v[k] is not None:
             v[k] = wrap_var(v[k])
     return v
 
 def _wrap_list(v):
     for idx, item in enumerate(v):
-        if item is not None and not isinstance(item, UnsafeProxy):
+        if item is not None:
             v[idx] = wrap_var(item)
     return v
 
@@ -169,7 +90,7 @@ def wrap_var(v):
     elif isinstance(v, list):
         v = _wrap_list(v)
     else:
-        if v is not None and not isinstance(v, UnsafeProxy):
+        if v is not None and not isinstance(v, AnsibleUnsafe):
             v = UnsafeProxy(v)
     return v