In honor of the Oscars, which take place tonight, I am posting a video mash-up that likens Hillary Clinton to Tracy Flick, Reese Witherspoon’s character in the 1999 film “Election.” In the movie, Flick is a diligent, driven young woman who climbed the ranks of student government before running for its highest office: Student Body President. It seems that the election is likely to play out according to her careful designs—until a popular, “cool” male student joins the race and threatens her inevitability. Sound familiar?
Watch the video here: http://slatev.com/player.html?id=1377935786
Columnist Frank Rich mentioned the mash-up today in a New York Times article that traces the “remarkable implosion of the Clinton campaign.” The article sheds light on how Clinton’s odds went from “inevitable” to “outside chance” in a matter of months. The video is offered as a silly way to illustrate real complaints from Clinton supporters that Obama’s popularity is somehow unearned; they suggest that his youth and gender allow him to surpass her in a sexist culture that values style over substance.
Read the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/opinion/24rich.html?th&emc=th
Anyone else expecting/hoping for political overtones in acceptance speeches tonight? Maybe, more subtly, a campaign button on an evening gown? Considering the star-studded crowd at last month’s Democratic debate in the Kodak Theatre, I’m betting some of the same celebs will return to Kodak tonight. We’ll soon find out if they can resist using this enormous stage to voice their views while they have the attention of millions of Americans…
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J-- this rocks. We can all now sit at home and make political poetry. Art mimic life mimics art mimics life. It's beautiful.
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