Revolution

March 23, 2011 6:19 AM

Rap News 7: #Revolution - What if it's the first world that needs to be liberated? (SLYT - The subtitles help.)
posted by Baldons (10 comments total)

Previously.
posted by Baldons at 6:22 AM on March 23, 2011

I have a hard time listening to Eminem talk politics for that long.
posted by oddman at 7:19 AM on March 23, 2011

Democracy is coming... to the USA.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 7:48 AM on March 23, 2011 [2 favorites]

I love these, except for the greasepaint makeup...
posted by Theta States at 7:56 AM on March 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Yeah, the bad "Middle East" accents ain't doing this project any favors...
posted by flapjax at midnite at 8:03 AM on March 23, 2011

I thought it was amusing and kind of insightful on some level. The idea of turning the typical US media narrative on its head worked for me. That it's something made by Australians, commenting from outside, makes it work even better.
posted by hippybear at 8:19 AM on March 23, 2011

Their interpretation of "Average Americans/Wisconsinites" was highly entertaining.
posted by delmoi at 8:47 AM on March 23, 2011

I don't know about the political message, but the Bono bit was hilarious.
posted by delmoi at 8:53 AM on March 23, 2011

This should be awful but its pretty awesome and has a buoyancy thats pretty infectious.
posted by Senor Cardgage at 11:06 AM on March 23, 2011

Two nice bits:
Justin Beiber is the 12th Imam, and
Just at the start of the suicide sequence, a Guy Fawkes mask flashes over Glenn beck's face.
posted by kaibutsu at 1:03 PM on March 24, 2011