Comments on: Hillary Clinton As Norma Desmond http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/14/hillary-clinton-as-norma-desmond/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: PapaBear http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/14/hillary-clinton-as-norma-desmond/#comment-529 PapaBear Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:29:19 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=381#comment-529 As someone who loves movies, and who has acted in a few off the wall indie projects, this was a great piece of work. The spookiness and hilarity (get it, Hillary-hilarity) really sell it for me, and I have forwarded it to my intelligent friends, who understand that parody is not about getting the all the stars to align but in having the work make you laugh or cringe. This little gem has the added bonus of doing both. Kudos and good day. As someone who loves movies, and who has acted in a few off the wall indie projects, this was a great piece of work. The spookiness and hilarity (get it, Hillary-hilarity) really sell it for me, and I have forwarded it to my intelligent friends, who understand that parody is not about getting the all the stars to align but in having the work make you laugh or cringe. This little gem has the added bonus of doing both. Kudos and good day.

]]> By: Matt http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/14/hillary-clinton-as-norma-desmond/#comment-497 Matt Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:39:13 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=381#comment-497 Pete, I think you assume that everyone has seen Sunset Boulevard, and you leave something critical unsaid. (SPOILER ALERT) At the end of the film, Dorma Desmond shoots and kills Joe, a screenwriter who had become her lover. This is what drives her off the edge. The whole reason she needs to be coaxed down that staircase is so she can be arrested. So what's going on in the Sunset Boulevard clip is that Norma has become a criminal, but she's too far gone to understand what she's done. It's a juxtaposition of the horrifying reality and her own fantasies that make it chilling. Is this relevent to the LisaNova parody clip? Eh... probably not. I don't think LisaNova wants us to take the analogy that far, and wonder what crime Hillary has just committed. The point here is the character's stubborn delusion. Nevertheless, it's interesting to note. Pete, I think you assume that everyone has seen Sunset Boulevard, and you leave something critical unsaid. (SPOILER ALERT) At the end of the film, Dorma Desmond shoots and kills Joe, a screenwriter who had become her lover. This is what drives her off the edge. The whole reason she needs to be coaxed down that staircase is so she can be arrested.

So what’s going on in the Sunset Boulevard clip is that Norma has become a criminal, but she’s too far gone to understand what she’s done. It’s a juxtaposition of the horrifying reality and her own fantasies that make it chilling.

Is this relevent to the LisaNova parody clip? Eh… probably not. I don’t think LisaNova wants us to take the analogy that far, and wonder what crime Hillary has just committed. The point here is the character’s stubborn delusion. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to note.

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