Friday Watch List
Here are some of the videos I’ve been watching and thinking about this week:
- Guywiththeglasses returns (GWG from now on). One of my favorite YouTubers, GWG, was suspended from YouTube and had his videos deleted for copyright violation. GWG’s “5 Second Movies” brilliantly parodied Hollywood films (and entire cycles) by reducing them to five-second videos. His return to YouTube includes an inspired video featuring Joe McCarthy grilling GWG on his use of copyrighted material, and GWG (correctly) defending his practice as a form of “Fair Use.”
- Impeach Dick Cheney. Robert Greenwald of Outfoxed and Uncovered fame has a short video calling for the impeachment of the Vice President. Not much to add here, but the video offers a concise argument, primarily using interviews with Cheney on Sunday morning talk shows. There’s a petition for anyone who wants to sign on.
- Meanwhile, the cinetrix points to this creepy Betty Boop short.
Happy weekend! I’m planning to watch Sicko tonight, so hopefully I’ll be able to join in the conversation about the film soon afterwards.
Update: I had no idea that the impeachment of Dick Cheney is so popular. Or that Bush’s commuting of Libby’s sentence would be so unpopular. But Eugene Robinson’s right–Bush never should have commuted Libby’s sentence, especially when you compare Libby’s sentence to the sentences of Martha Stewart, Paris Hilton, and Lil’ Kim.
