Some good friends of mine beat me to blogging about this ridiculous new commercial, but here is my commentary on it anyway.
I'll decode the underlying subtext for everyone who is unaware:
1) They don't mean go vote. They mean vote for Obama. If you are voting for McCain (or anyone else) they'd all rather you not vote.
2) By this "get out the vote" crap, they certainly don't mean, "read, research, think, understand the issues, and then vote." They mean, "listen to your heart, maybe read a little US Weekly, and then go vote based upon who connects with you on an MTV level. Which in this case, means Obama."
3) Of course celebrities are smarter than us, and of course their opinions matter more than a normal civilian. And why not? A bunch of high school drop outs who get paid millions of dollars to work 3 months out of the year are obviously the pinnacle of societal prestige. They have the big megaphone of fame, which means they are entitled and obligated to use it as much as they can. (Oh, and if you didn't pick up on it, I can't stand 95% of celebrities in general. Of that 95%, I probably despise 99.7% of actors, and of those I pretty much hate 100% of any of them who open their mouths about politics. Seriously, shut up, and make your freaking movies. Maybe if you go to college and/or actually read a history book (Howard Zinn does not count) I might listen to you for like 5 seconds.)
I would really like for anyone who is actually persuaded by this video to show themselves, be banned from voting, and then be permanently sterilized.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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i teared up when leo told me the polar ice caps are melting. then pooped my pants a little when leo pointed out i have to register in order to vote.
halo 2 line is funny.
jaime foxx's scarf convinced me to go register.
then i felt real guilty while these important people waited as i didn't go register. oh wait i'm not a member of their drooling target audience. i already registered.
but oh wow! i could send this to five friends? i could send it to more than five friends? please tell me how, celebrities!
oh great they didn't tell me how. now what am i supposed to do? please celebrities? don't leave me hanging!
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another thought.
i picture the director pitching it to soros or whoever funded it...
"so i heard about this new thing called reverse psychology. it's like regular psychology, only you go backwards! it's just the thing we need so comrade messiah can overcome his frightening double-digit lead in the polls!"
The curly-haired guy from Superad's comment about Darfur sounding like a T-Shirt company was pretty funny. That actually got me to laugh out loud. It does sound like a T-Shirt company!
Other than that: I was surprised to learn that Demi cares. I had no idea until this moment that she cared about anything other than herself. I'd be more impressed if anyone in the commercial could actually find Sudan on a blank map. You know that's where Darfur is, right? Or did you not know that and you just care about it because it's the celebrity cause du jour? Similarly, I'd care more about global warming if 1.) I thought it was primarily caused by human activity isntead of normal cycles of weather and 2.) If I had a gigantic house, twelve cars and a private jet like most celebrities. As is, even if it is true that the world and the cute little animals would be safer without us mean, evil humans, with one beat up car and a tiny apartment, I'm not really the problem. Yeah, I'm looking at you Dustin Hoffman.
The curly-haired guy from Superad's comment about Darfur sounding like a T-Shirt company was pretty funny. That actually got me to laugh out loud. It does sound like a T-Shirt company!
Other than that: I was surprised to learn that Demi cares. I had no idea until this moment that she cared about anything other than herself. I'd be more impressed if anyone in the commercial could actually find Sudan on a blank map. You know that's where Darfur is, right? Or did you not know that and you just care about it because it's the celebrity cause du jour? Similarly, I'd care more about global warming if 1.) I thought it was primarily caused by human activity isntead of normal cycles of weather and 2.) If I had a gigantic house, twelve cars and a private jet like most celebrities. As is, even if it is true that the world and the cute little animals would be safer without us mean, evil humans, with one beat up car and a tiny apartment, I'm not really the problem. Yeah, I'm looking at you Dustin Hoffman.
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