The Canvas Is Your Face

April 3, 2018 11:21 AM

John Cena and Ike Barinholtz narrate a makeup tutorial.
posted by ellieBOA (8 comments total)

To what end? I don't get it. The canvas *is* your face. That's sort of the point.
posted by freya_lamb at 12:09 PM on April 3, 2018

Once you buttchug a 40, all you have left is makeup tutorials.
posted by Samizdata at 12:15 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]

I'd say the point is more about giving visibility to Ike by pairing him with Cena, and Ike's schlubby regular-guy humor is an easy springboard for Relatable Cena.
posted by rhizome at 12:17 PM on April 3, 2018 [1 favorite]

Surely these guys regularly wear tons of makeup, as TV entertainers? At least Cena is willing to acknowledge he knows what makeup is (he understands it better than I do, anyway).
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:46 PM on April 3, 2018 [4 favorites]

They're making fun of themselves rather than the video, which appears well produced. Two guys who know very little about a subject attempting to fake their way through it. Cena is surprisingly not the straight-man here, I laughed way too loud at "My make-up theory is like my gym theory, never be afraid to go heavy."

I wanna see them do a lawnmower engine rebuild next.
posted by Slap*Happy at 3:56 PM on April 3, 2018 [3 favorites]

I find a good comedy makeup tutorial (See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaaLXZwmsU) is much, much funnier than this, but I did like hearing John Cena talking about how makeup makes you more aerodynamic.
posted by Tesseractive at 4:05 PM on April 3, 2018 [4 favorites]

I liked this, it's right up my alley, even if whenever I see Ike - I'm like - where have I seen him before, and have to google. Oh yeah, Sisters.... and that other thing, and also that other thing.
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 4:40 PM on April 3, 2018

My current favourite makeup tutorial is this one, from Bob Herzog of WKRC. It's apparently a regular thing; his Facebook page is full of "Wake Up and Makeup" videos.

violently blend
posted by invokeuse at 7:56 PM on April 4, 2018 [1 favorite]