Palin for the Win?

The election is less than a month away and we still haven't endorsed a presidential candidate... however, it's not for lack of trying.

We've acknowledged an interest in Alaska Governor/Republican Vice Presidential Nominee/Poet Sarah Palin, and I have to say that since then, she's only gotten better and better.

First there was the Vice Presidential debate, where she answered questions as only a surrealist could- by not answering them!

And then, there was this web ad that her campaign ran the next day...

"She killed. It was her evening. She was the star."
- Famous Person 10/2/08

My God! It's brilliant. Is it a post-modern comment on America's obsession with celebrity for celebrity's sake instead of celebrity earned through talent and hard work? Or is it a self-aware, self-deprecating jab at the lack of Hollywood support for the GOP? Perhaps a subtle attack of Barack Obama and his unending supply of movie star supporters? Whatever it is, do we love it? You betcha!

Keep up the good work Sarah!

Dan

(h/t: Wonkette)

Surrealism in '08!

We've written a fair amount about the forthcoming election, but PSUA has yet to formally endorse any particular candidate- not that we haven't been thinking about it... Mainly we've been paying attention to campaign ads, of course they don't really count as surreal- more like not real, or at least not true, yet without any sort of artistic intent, except for one candidate, and let me tell you he was an early forerunner for our endorsement.

Ladies and gentlemen, we present the dadaist short films of Mike Gravel:





Sigh. We miss him. Is a union allowed to endorse a write-in candidate?

Anyway, the political ad landscape returned to it's boring old self after Gravel dropped out- until it got a big old technicolor stab to the eyeball with the release of this Boy George video endorsing Obama. Featuring the animated visages of Boy George, Barack Obama, David Bowie, Divine, and Amy Winehouse, it's no surprise that it's not officially endorsed by the Obama camp. But it is crazy. So here it is.



However, Obama didn't have anything to do with it, so he doesn't get the credit and we're still without a candidate. But what of all the third party candidates? True, they must be living in some sort of subconscious dream-world if they think they stand any chance in this election, but we can't in good conscience tell you to throw your vote away.

It was looking pretty bleak. Until the emergence of Sarah Palin. While she modestly calls herself a "hockey mom," she is actually one of the architects (not literally) of one of the greatest pieces of surrealist art of the last 50 years. The bridge to nowhere.

Of course, she now denies she had anything to do with it, which is disappointing, but she doesn't actually apologize for it, she just flat out denies she had anything to do with it. Which kind of seems like the sort of thing Andre Breton could get behind. Like if Salvador Dali started insisting that not only did he not paint his paintings he did everything within his power to prevent them from being painted.

Hmph.

Well we're just going to have to keep thinking about this.

Dan

LA Times - Probably the Final Chapter...of Shame!!

Ok, so we heard back from XXX XXXX at the LA Times about the blatant re-use of our Surrealism for their Entertainment fodder. As you can probably infer from the tone of our opening sentence, here, things did not go as we'd planned. This is XXX XXXX's new statement after his "investigation" (notice the use of sarcastic quotation marks):

"Dear Dan & Vince,

Just to follow up: I've discussed this with Patrick Day and his editors and they are unfamiliar with your blog. They came up with this premise together, while brainstorming. So maybe great minds are thinking alike?

For what it's worth: What I'm also getting on this is that such a juxtaposition between movies and reality is not a totally brand-new one, though, and variations on it have been done in years past.

Thank you again for writing with this matter of concern to you.

XXX XXXX"

So they're taking the easy way out by claiming total ignorance of our blog, and probably even our existence. But notice their use of flattery. If they're so "ignorant" of us, how can they possibly comprehend the greatness of our minds?!?! People pleaded ignorance about this mortgage crisis thing, too, but that didn't mean it wasn't real.

That's right. We said it. We're real.

I know we put on this big show that we're actually Sur-real, but we're just as tangible as the day we were born. Maybe even more so, since we're now far more massive, and it's just possible that mass equates to degree of reality.

And, LA Times, you really hurt our feelings. Sniff. All we wanted was a little picture of Rene Magritte somewhere in the Entertainment section. But no.

Ok. Now we're really mad. We thought we'd try to barrage Patrick Day with all kinds of slanderous rumors, but it turns out he was too clever for us by having a name that's almost exactly the same as a holiday where everybody drinks too much. So whatever we said about him would get lost in the annals of Google and if anybody did find it, they'd assume it was some type of liquor hallucination and forget all about it.

So now, it appears, the only thing left to do is to take this to the people who have been affected most by this scandal -- the candidates. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Let Hollywood Be your Super Tuesday Guide!

As all of America knows, this could be the most important election of many of our lifetimes, and if the Democratic candidate gets elected this November, that person is guaranteed to make history by being either the first female or first African American president. A lot of people don’t know what to expect, should one of them reach the White House, so we thought we’d put together a handy-dandy guide to the future, as predicted by Hollywood films and TV shows that feature either an African American or female president. We hope this helps the democratic process this February 5th.

First, Barack Obama:
After the first African American president is elected, we can expect him to crack wise a lot (Head of State) while helping to foil several terrorist plots in only a few days (24), making our world and country a safer place. However, a large meteor will fall from space to destroy us (Deep Impact, The 5th Element), ushering in The Apocalypse. In the post-Apocalyptic wasteland that follows, greedy corporations will kill all the crops by watering them with sport drinks until a defrosted Army private from the past becomes an advisor to the President and the world is saved (Idiocracy).

Now, Hillary Clinton:
Initially, labor unrest will create a long period of silence where we have no idea what’s happening or what’s going to happen next (current season of 24). After that, faced with being the first First Gentleman, the guy who played The Absent-Minded Professor – in this case Robin Williams – will take control of the former First Lady’s social and gardening clubs (Kisses for my President). However, within the year, everyone will stop watching and the entire country will be cancelled (Commander in Chief).

Personally, we’re for Barack Obama. We think that reality show from Idiocracy, OWW! MY BALLS!! is a lot better than American Gladiators, My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, Moment of Truth, and even the Stuart Little movies.

And come on, we all saw what happened the last time we elected a white guy...

Vince out.