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Obama Girl Vs. Giuliani Girl
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"Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl" reunites the creative team behind viral sensation "I've Got a Crush on Obama" for a "Beat It"/The Warriors-inspired gang fight, mostly shot guerilla-style on the streets of New York. When Obama Girl meets Giuliani Girl, a fierce supporter of the former NY Mayor, the result is a explosion of political debate as represented through dance-offs -- and pillow fights.
For the sequel, according to co-directors Larry Strong and Kevin Arbouet, "we wanted it to be a little more polished, but keep the same kind of comedy." And creator Ben Relles wanted to bring back the character of Obama Girl, in no small part because of actress Amber Lee's inspired improv during the first "Obama Girl" shoot. Thus was born the idea of an enemy from the other side of the political spectrum. "With all the bickering that happens between candidates, I think it's funny to see these two girls mirroring that through song and dance," says Relles. "The pillow fight is a metaphor for the type of cheap attacks that go on during the political campaign."
Strong and Arbouet's credits include several pilots and the feature films Serial and Stream, the latter of which stars Whoopi Goldberg and William Sadler. According to Larry, "It's fun going from one extreme -- working with an Oscar winner -- to running around the street with girls in booty shorts." On which sort of project they prefer, Kevin says "It's whatever satisfies you. Whatever is gonna make Larry and I laugh is what we want to do."
The Obama Girl shorts are the first original content produced for fledgling BarelyPolitical.com, which Relles hopes will become a central place to find all sorts of political comedy, both aggregated and user-generated. BarelyPolitical is officially bipartisan: "We want to put up stuff that's funny. Not stuff that will get our candidate into office."
Ben Relles
Comedy, Politics
New York, NY
Amber Lee : Obama Girl
Adelina Kristina : Giuliani Girl
Ben Relles
Larry Strong/Kevin Arbouet
Larry Strong/Kevin Arbouet
Directors : Larry Strong/Kevin Arbouet
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