Emile Hirsch's Voting Ad Shows Us Where Depression Hurts
It's another celeb get-out-the-vote ad, this time starring Into The Wild's Emile Hirsch as a lonely young man you either want to slap or hug (let's call him "Alexander Superbored"). I'm finding it hard to make fun of this one because it's so sad, and because I like Emile Hirsch. It seems to be modeled on that maddening Cymbalta commercial:
Where's the dog with its leash in its mouth, waiting for a walk to the voting precinct that will never come? I know the point is supposed to be "What are young people doing that's so important that they can't vote?", but isn't that insulting to young people? Are registered voters really spending their days watching cartoons, sitting on sidewalks, being (apparently) driven around by unseen chauffeurs while listening to classical music, and, most important: doing their own laundry? And wait a second, I just figured out the most unrealistic logic-fail in this whole entire thing: the character Emile is playing here would not have left the house, because he would have spent the entire day playing video games. You know it's true.
Posted by Lindsay at 9:15 AM in Commercials, Politics
Tags: Election 2008 | Emile Hirsch | Into The Wild | Vote
i'm pretty sure that this is not some bizarre affectation or just "character Emile is playing"... i'm almost 100% sure this is just stock footage of his life... because he films everything.
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all i gleaned from this is that Emile Hirsh is pretty
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This read too much like an anti-pot ad...therefore I am not voting.
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Are young people really this active in a day? Holy crap he did like so many things.
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Ugh. Did Gus Van Sant direct this?
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is it terrible to suggest that if someone is doing all this bullshit instead of voting, maybe they're not informed enough to be voting? not like i'm terribly informed, but if you haven't even CONSIDERED voting until one of these things told you to, who are you even voting for? ellen feiss?
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AHH! AHHHHHHHH! Why is voting important if we don't know who we're voting for? AHHHHHHH!
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and holy crap, welcome back.
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What's missing from this vid is him looking at internet porn, smoking pot, and playing Halo 2.
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he is so fucking sexy
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