Wednesday, October 1, 2008

"You can register while pooping."

Am I the only one who finds this video relatively annoying (aside from a few hilarious lines from Sarah Silverman)? I guess celebrity activists just rub me the wrong way, but there is something nauseating about watching people, who essentially lie for a living, trying to be sincere about a serious cause. Yes, I get it, they're famous and people like celebrities, they look up to them and imitate them, so a celebrity endorsement of an issue, by definition, sheds light on that issue, but besides being a human spotlight why should I care about their opinions on the economy, the environment or politics. Just because you play the president on TV doesn't mean you know anything about running the country.

1 comment:

Eric A said...

Right there with you on this one. Yeah, there's a motivating power involved here, but honestly, if you need a parade of celebrities to inspire the citizenry to get off their ass and cast a vote, isn't that indicative of a deeper problem?