‘Don’t Vote’
Why would you vote?
A whole slew of celebs have gotten together to appear in a PSA produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, will.i.am, Tobey Maguire and Forest Whitaker in an effort to encourage the American youth to register to vote by telling them not to vote. The vid is a lengthy 4 minutes long but is deffo worth watching in full:
An effective strategy? Or, a plea destined to fall on deaf ears? You decide.
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i thought this was very funny and EFFECTIVE on me.. i really heard their message for once and see how important it is that we ALL vote if we are 18 yrs of age. I sent this video to my friends and I hope they vote.
I just went around my neighborhood and passed out registration sheets and addressed and stamped envelopes. This ad and all your discussion on registering people to vote really effected me and hopefully the a couple more people will vote now. Obama-Biden 2008!
I agree with the person who said that this is all a bit patronizing. As a twenty-year old, I feel that these celebrities are insulting my intelligence. I am sick of them trying to force their opinions on the American youth. We are bright enough to make our own decisions. We don’t need these millionaires telling us what to do, because unlike them we have to work hard just to live day to day, paycheck to paycheck. I think that this has all become way too excessive and that is has started to hurt their candidate.
I already registered a long time ago and it had nothing to do with celebrities telling me “vote” or “don’t vote.”
Marjorie, I’m afraid I have to disagree … while YOU fell you are bright enough to realize the importance of voting there are MILLIONS of others who do not understand the importance. I fully support any campaign to get young people to vote.
it’s not Isla fisher… it’s AMY ADAMS!!
I wish we had some cool campaign like this in NZ. We had a little orange man popping up everywhere to tell us to vote.. it was annoying and not persuasive at all (I still registered but I did it coz my Dad is really passionate about registering)
I think something like this might work better..
I’m glad to see this positive reaction! Sarah Silverman was totally the best. I have to admit that it did come off as a little patronizing to me, but I’ve been into politics since I was a kid so I’m not the target audience, and I love the idea behind it. I just had to respond to the idea that this could “backfire” or something on “liberal hollywood.” The think about being liberal is that it means having tolerance for and placing value on including many different points of view in a society/education/what-have-you. If people are voting, there is no backfiring. The liberal point of view is that we want to hear from EVERYBODY, even those we disagree with. It’s amazing that Republicans have demonized this word and idea.
(oops. typo. i meant “the thing about being liberal”)
Wow – I loved the Jessica Alba creeptastic video – but this one rocks!!! will.i.am makes the best campaign videos! Jonah Hill was hilarious, as was the Courtney Cox Friends line, and Sarah Silverman taking off her bra was random and hilarious!!! I hope this spreads like herpes – but good!!! LOL!!!
I am Canadian, which is sad in the sense that I have probably watched more debates and “super tuesdays” than most americans… so I am begging you, on behalf of lets say, the WORLD… PLEASE VOTE.. please please vote.. just vote.. its not hard at all… I am 18 and Im registered to vote in my upcoming national election.. so just do it VOTE VOTE VOTE… and if youre going to take my advice on voting… im just going to throw it out there… vote for Obama… just do it.. you dont want sarah palin running things. So two things.
1. Vote.
2. Obama
ps. LOVE THE VIDEO go celebrities go! oh and LOVE YOU TRENT :)
I LOVE THIS!!!! This is great I’m going to post it on myspace, to help spread the word =D And you guys should too, or email it or something! anything!
Oh, an 18 year old Canadian has told me to vote for Obama, on a gossip blog….
I’ll get right on that! Thanks for the advice! You’ve completely changed my mind!
well youre welcome :) someone had to after the laster eight years of having the wool pulled over your eyes.. im glad to help :)
FK: Amen about the usage of the word “liberal.”
I think this PSA would work better if it were shorter. After awhile it gets kind of lame. And I usually adore Sarah Silverman, but here it’s just kind of lame.
Marjorie: Who is “their” candidate? No party or candidate is being endorsed here. It’s just about voting ,which I think is something everyone can get behind.
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I think it’s great. Very effective.
i totally agree… i like it, its smart and witty and i think totally works for its target audience :) i voted… in canada tho :P
i loved it! esp. sarah silverman, although for some reason leo di caprio came off a little patronising..
anyway, in australia we have mandatory voting so its interesting seeing these ads popping up all over the place encouraging people to vote.