At first I was kind of annoyed at the whole tone of the piece, but as I watched it I began to be a little charmed by the delivery and comedy of the people. I only recognized about half of them, I'm not much on stargazing or pop culture. In fact almost everything I know about pop culture I learn here. This is really the only portal I have to culture, such as it is. We never watch TV, rarely listen to radio. The only news we read is the New York Review of Books. (Kind of like literary cliffnotes)
The thing about the message is that it isn't directed at any party. They say "if you care about these issues" you could care either way. Obviously they aren't saying "I'm Leo diCrapio and I think you should save the ice caps" The whole script was obviously written and directed by one or two people. it is coherent and simple. They happen to be people who are pretty to look at who can deliver a line in one or two dozen takes.
Wold the message have been received any differently if the heads had been off off off Broadway actors whom no one knows? Sure some people might perk up when so and so is speaking, but even if Helen Hunt got up there and told me "Footfootfoot, you need to eat this broken glass." I wouldn't do it. But if she said she'd cover me in whipped cream and do me like I've never been done before, well I'd still pass but I'd have an awesome visual to remember the whole thing by.
So vote or I'll rickroll you.
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