Well this is a bit old, but its something that I enjoy personally and I figured some of you might enjoy it as well, so I wanted to share it.
Approximately 2 years ago now, when Proposition 8 was first being voted on, an ad popped up by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) which compared gay marriage to the looming threat of a storm. The ad itself was both frightening and inadvertently humorous in how overdramatic it was, or at least it was in my opinion.
In the wake of the ad, a parody was made by a number of Hollywood celebrities, in which they talked about protecting America from the storm using a "giant gay repellent umbrella." Since then a website was created with that domain name that has some of my favorite humorous gay marriage related parodies, all in one place, and I highly recommend you check it out if that's the sort of thing that interests you.
Here's the original ad by NOM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp76ly2_NoI&feature=player_embedded
The parody: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6eddb255b2/a-gaythering-storm?rel=player
And the website: http://www.giantgayrepellentumbrella.com/
I also found it interesting to note/relevant to our class the insistence of the folks at NOM to point out that they were a "rainbow coalition" in regards to race, class, gender, and religion, all pitted against a group of different sexual orientation.
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I just viewed the original ad and the parody right after and I must say that the parody shows many flaws that the original ad has. First of all, how do many of the speakers that showed disinterest in gay marriage connect with anti-gay activists like the doctor or the mother? The original ad makes it seem like gays are trying to take over the country, which they clearly aren’t. This is a very unnecessary over exaggeration of what gays are trying to do. All the ad gets across is that there are some people out there that cannot handle change so in response they create and say things out of fear. This is clearly seen in the ad.
ReplyDeleteOverall I thought the parody was a hilarious translation of the original ad and that the original ad was not thoroughly thought through because it fails to get any point worth caring about said to the viewer.