Twerking Fail Becomes Media Fail
This is a good one. If you haven’t heard about it, watch these videos in order. First, a 37-second video shows a girl catches herself on fire twerking:
Harrowing, awful, and kind of funny. Now watch the full unedited 55-second video (or, if you have a little more time, skip to the third video in this post, which is a better reveal):
It’s the same video as the first one for the first 37 seconds.
Jimmy Kimmel explains what happened, and who fell for it, here:
Good stuff.
And it makes fun of the media in a way that a serious 2000-word blog post could never do.
what’s really sad is that anyone cares about “twerking” or Miley Cyrus, or the MFM, for that matter.
redc1c4 (abd49e) — 9/12/2013 @ 7:26 amDucking or Twerking:
Vladimir Putin writes an Op/Ed in the WSJ and the topic here is twerking???
ropelight (ac262b) — 9/12/2013 @ 7:47 amWonder how deep this goes.
Here’s the senario as I picture it.
papertiger (c2d6da) — 9/12/2013 @ 7:59 amMiley Cyrus can’t sing, can’t act, isn’t fun to look at, getting long in the tooth (as far as her usefulness to sell backpacks and school gear to Daddy’s little princesses across the USA), plus she has the new thing that has to sell.
Granted I have no idea what the new thing is, but it’s something. A movie, a cd, a video game, something.
THe stores are already full of her crap.
The problem is how do you get the store manager to order more of it?
The little princess is being made fun of due to her “Hanna Montana” backpack.
What to do?
Think I found it. The reason the media (includes the Kimmel bit) are dooing the full court press to rebrand “dirty dancing”.
papertiger (c2d6da) — 9/12/2013 @ 8:07 amDitto comment No. 1 by redc1c4.
Twerking? Really?
Where are the adults? As Diana West asks/wrote in her book THE DEATH OF THE GROWN-UP: How America’s Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization (2008)- http://www.amazon.com/The-Death-Grown-Up-Development-Civilization/dp/0312340494; see also AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH: Public Discourse In The Age of Show Business (1985) by Neil Postman – http://www.amazon.com/Amusing-Ourselves-Death-Discourse-Business/dp/014303653X and LIFE THE MOVIE: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998) by Neal Gabler – http://www.amazon.com/Life-Movie-Entertainment-Conquered-Reality/dp/0375706534
Jimmy Kimmel is supposed to be a comedian, but he actually is a clown – but really is not actually that funny in either role. Before “Twerking” there was:
“I’m Fucking Ben Affleck” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwIyLHsk2h4 and “I’m Fucking Matt Damon” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfoF6MhgLA
Funny? Clever? Not so much even when made and in the moment, but now upon reflection – meaningless, embarrassing(?), inexplicable, and obscene – not from a sexual standpoint but obscenely stupid, not funny and a colossal waste of time (to make and watch) and talent.
Where are the adults? IDIOCRACY (2006) is here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ – and We is living it.
Gary L. Zerman (98d67e) — 9/12/2013 @ 8:16 amThis tells me the line between news and entertainment is completely gone.
DRJ (a83b8b) — 9/12/2013 @ 8:16 amWhat a great prank. I’m in awe.
Dustin (303dca) — 9/12/2013 @ 9:41 amWell this will give the Dems an idea – watch for faked YouTube videos showing how “racist” the Tea Party is, and how “racist” the Republican candidate for is. And how do you determine which is real and which is fake?
Coming soon no doubt.
Bill M (c8f413) — 9/12/2013 @ 10:07 am7.Well this will give the Dems an idea – watch for faked YouTube videos showing how “racist” the Tea Party is, and how “racist” the Republican candidate for (insert elected position) is.
Forgot that the arrow heads don’t show! That’s what I get for not looking at the preview!!!
Bill M (c8f413) — 9/12/2013 @ 10:09 amBest GOTCHA! of the Year.
askeptic (b8ab92) — 9/12/2013 @ 11:15 amRegardless, the girl is a babe!!!
Ipso Fatso (1e3278) — 9/12/2013 @ 12:25 pmI’m just wondering if a “serious 2000-work blog post” is a much more subtle prank …
Or possibly a reference to our own Sammy …
(Unless it’s a typo)
(grin)
Alastor (e7cb73) — 9/12/2013 @ 4:36 pmHey wait a minute! I’m in_awe! You can be “im-pressed”.
8-D
in_awe (7c859a) — 9/12/2013 @ 6:22 pmEpic. Well done, Kimmel.
thebronze (5fdf2b) — 9/13/2013 @ 12:30 am2. New York Times, of course.
Sammy Finkelman (f1bb90) — 9/13/2013 @ 1:28 amHOW CAN YOU WASTE TIME POSTING ABOUT SOMETHING I DON’T CARE ABOUT WHEN THERE ARE THINGS I DO CARE ABOUT THAT YOU AREN’T POSTING ABOUT AT THIS VERY MOMENT!1111111
Pious Agnostic (c45233) — 9/13/2013 @ 6:22 amYou know, Ace would ban you for that comment 😉 It’s a good thing for you that Patterico is more tolerant.
Or is it that you are part of the cohort, hmmmmm?
TG (71074c) — 9/13/2013 @ 8:25 am