Posted on 03/23/2007 7:09:01 AM PDT by Mia T
WASHINGTON POST, MTV NEWS CITE MY ANTI-HILLARY VIDEO
... By Thursday (March 22), a large (and growing) number of copycat ads had appeared on the Internet that either reworked de Vellis' clip or took the concept into new, even more bizarre directions.
Among them was one titled "Vote Smart: A Warning to All Women About Hillary Clinton," which takes de Vellis' original and interjects shots of a skinny model sashaying down a runway with doctored, "Clockwork Orange"-like images of Clinton with her eyes propped open. Playing over those images is the audiobook version of Mrs. Clinton's White House memoir, "Living History," in which she recounts her anger when confronting her husband, former President Bill Clinton, over his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky. The clip then devolves into a harsh attack on the Clintons, including an image of Hillary Clinton as the Statue of Liberty with the scrawled epitaph "Stalinist Rising?" underneath.
A Brave New World of Political Skulduggery?
By Howard Kurtz and Jose Antonio Vargas
The instant popularity of an attack video that mocked Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) prompted plenty of talk this week about how an ordinary citizen can influence political discourse by tapping into the power of the YouTube culture.
But the unmasking of the filmmaker as an employee of a company on the payroll of Clinton's Democratic presidential rival, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), raises questions about whether the more old-fashioned art of political chicanery was at play....
"The specific point of the ad was that Obama represents a new kind of politics, and that Senator Clinton's 'conversation' is disingenuous," de Vellis wrote. "And the underlying point was that the old political machine no longer holds all the power." De Vellis did not respond to an e-mail request for comment yesterday....
The spot has also spawned imitators, such as a five-minute mash-up video titled "Vote Smart: a warning to all women about Hillary Clinton," which has been viewed more than 230,000 times.
'VOTE SMART: A WARNING TO ALL WOMEN ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON' TOPS 260,000 YouTube VIEWS
by Mia T, 3.23.07
Hillary Clinton 'Big Sister' Ad Makes Big Ripple: Creator Revealed
MTV News ^ | March 22, 2007 | Gil Kaufman
Anti-Clinton Video Shows Ease of Attack In the Computer Age
EXCERPT
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 23, 2007; A03
VOTE SMART: A WARNING TO ALL WOMEN ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON
MY RESPONSE TO
'VOTE DIFFERENT'
(Obama-Apple 1984 Ad Mashup)
(YouTube video--please FReep)
by Mia T, 3.11.07
latest:
Vote Different, Vote Smart and the Zogby Poll
Hillary: The Big Sister We Can Do Without
Brilliant. If that woman becoems President, it's going to get very, very ugly. A lot of people are going to die.
Imitation... is the most sincere form of flattery.
Congratulations! I have to admit, I've stopped reading your threads, although I do give them the occasional scan, but credit where credit is due!!
5.56mm
Congratuatlions Mia!
I knew it would happen eventually. Keep up the good work.
Way to go, sweetie ............. FRegards
Good work.
I knew you'd want to enjoy the well-deserved attention Mia is getting.
Rounds On Target!
Commence Firing at Will!
Good job Mia.....Hell, OUTSTANDING Job!
Semper Fi
Great! Especially so because MTV/WashPost will bring your video to the attention of those (in-the-dark, entrenched lefties) who dearly need to see it.
Good work as always Mia.
Mia T, I'm proud of your work and glad it's getting seen. I have to say I'm not sorry you are still anonymous. I would hate anything untoward to happen to you.
Great exposure for your fabulous work, MiaT!
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Congratulatory bump!
;)
thank you :)
You're terrific! LOVED the video...
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