Don’t Vote! (Except, It’s Celebs Being Ironic, So Do!)
by Kara Swisher
Posted on October 1, 2008 at 2:52 PM PT
Here’s an interesting online video, in which a passel of celebrities urge young people to vote.
It begins with them urging youth not to vote, in that hipster, sarcastic, of-course-we-really-mean-you-should-vote-you-dope tone.
The nonpartisan PSA–well, honestly, it does lean decidedly liberal–has been produced by actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and includes DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Dustin Hoffman, Eva Longoria, Forest Whitaker, Ellen DeGeneres, among others.
Also, inexplicably, comic Sarah Silverman taking off her bra to prompt young people into civic action.
And if that’s not reason enough to prompt you to register to vote–deadlines are looming for the upcoming election–and get to the voting booths on Nov. 4, BoomTown does not know what is.
Here’s the video:
Comments
Pretty lame. Nothing like being hand-held through the voting process by a bunch of magnanimous hollywood millionaires. I think my High school drama squad did a similar skit before an assembly once.
Posted by Peter Smith at October 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pmFor years, people have been trying to find a way to mobilize young voters. But most of the efforts have failed. While the spot is good intentioned and maybe “edgy,” it’s way too repetitive and long for today’s youth, who have very short attention spans. Think Twitter when trying to message them.
Posted by Ken Okel at October 2nd, 2008 at 7:49 am