Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
Ursula Hennessey ·
Oct 23, 2010 at 7:44am
Here's a video from director David Zucker making fun of Senator Barbara Boxer. All I can think as I watch it is whether the actors fear for their job prospects in super-liberal Hollywood.
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May '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
Hilarious!
"It's time to call her 'maam' again." I love it.
Just out of curiosity, how do British people react to our habit of "sir" and "maam"? It must sound strange where "Sir" designates a knighthood.
Edited on Oct 23, 2010 at 8:00amAug '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
Love it. By the way, is that Opie's, I mean Ron Howard's, I mean Director Howard's brother playing Senator Crawford?
Aug '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
Great stuff.
And yes - that is Clint Howard. Or should I say "senator" Clint Howard????
May '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
I'm not a big fan of Zucker's sense of humor, which may or may not matter.
In any case, I find this attempt by Zucker to skewer Boxer really disappointing. It kind of makes a joke of the whole thing, on all sides; it trivializes the arrogance of Boxer.
A better ad would start with the "would you please call me Senator segment," and then offer a series of what else you could call her proposals:
Call her the Obamacare Senator. Call her the Stimulus Senator. Call her the Senator who helped ruin agriculture; Call her the Senator who helped unemployment reach... and so on...
Jun '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
ParisParamus: I'm not a big fan of Zucker's sense of humor, which may or may not matter.
In any case, I find this attempt by Zucker to skewer Boxer really disappointing. It kind of makes a joke of the whole thing, on all sides; it trivializes the arrogance of Boxer.
A better ad would start with the "would you please call me Senator segment," and then offer a series of what else you could call her proposals:
Call her the Obamacare Senator. Call her the Stimulus Senator. Call her the Senator who helped ruin agriculture; Call her the Senator who helped unemployment reach... and so on... · Oct 23 at 9:14am
You miss the point entirely, Paris. All humour is an extrapolation from the truth. What makes this clip particularly devastating is that it uses Boxer's own words at the end where you want them so that the audience remembers. Also, her words are used after presenting her initial response to the General as so out of the norm that it looks ridiculous on its face. The lead-up is what gives the ad impact.
Jun '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
As a lawyer, I have a degree entitled "Juris Doctor." Yes, Doctor. That being the case, a few years ago I announced to my wife and children that they should henceforth refer to me as "Doctor," given how hard I had worked for that title. The result was a combination of being ignored and derisive laughter.
I have lived with the pain ever since. I feel Boxer's pain. At least the General didn't refer to her as "the old lady."
Aug '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
LOL! ;-D Well done! I am a big fan of Zucker's humor, and laughs are what we really need at the moment. Let's put in the extra effort to make her Former Senator Barabara "KO" Boxer.
May '10
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Cas, I don't disagree with you, and perhaps one can argue that this type of ad "softens upo the enemy" for other ads along the lines of what I proposed, but that assumes Joe Average TV or Web Viewer will see and absorb a series of ads. I just don't think that can be assumed.
Look, turning Boxer into an actor in a Marx Brothers movie (or SNL skit) isn't horrible, but at the same time, all the other people in that scene are put into the same context. I just don't think this is anywhere close to the most efficient, effective approach for calling-out one of the leaders of a political team that is taking a wrecking ball to the country.
Oct '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
That was hilarious.
I totally disagree. It shows just how stupid her arrogance is, and how she is more concerned with her own ego than the issues she is meant to be concerned with, and how that attitude would play out if everybody was suddenly acting with similar priorities. I think it is right on target.
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
I wouldn't worry about it, Ursula. Clint Howard, a talented actor, only gets roles when his super-liberal brother, Ron, wants to show his liberal largesse and toss him a bone. And the rest of Hollywood isn't open to watching anything that doesn't agree with their POV, so they'll never see it.
Personally, I like Zucker's stuff, but this is just a smile, not a laugh. The real laugh is in how hard Boxer hasn't had to work to keep that title. All the amazingly stupid things she has said and done in 28 years. (Including not knowing that military personnel have to refer to her as "ma'am.") But that would he a full length movie.
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
I could tweet this from my band's twitter account and we could sit around and watch the followers drop to zero. Might be fun.
Excellent work though. Flawless.
Aug '10
Re: Call Me "Contributor;" I Worked So Hard For It
Aaron, I'm not British but I am familiar with their dialect-the only difference is Madam isn't abbreviated."Sir"on it's own is perfectly normal, though in my experience less often than in the US and more often to preface a verbal challenge- as in "Did you just call me an Tea Party-loving fascist,Sir?" with an emphasis on the "Sir".As for knights,I believe the "Sir" is always accompanied by the name,as in "Sir Aaron"- sounds good actually.The video is brilliant.Satire beats aggressive attack every time.
May '10
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Denise Moss Clint Howard, a talented actor, only gets roles when his super-liberal brother, Ron, wants to show his liberal largesse and toss him a bone.
Denise, don't forget the foreign spoof horror movies. But it has to be nice to know that you can get supporting roles whhen you really need them no matter what.