When this years-long primary gets on my nerves, I hit YouTube and see what the latest Obama viral video brings. I happen to love the goofy affection peeps with their iMovie or Final Cut Pro lavish on their home videos. These are like mix-tapes/tributes to the guy we’re all working to make the next president of the United States…small ways we entertain and inspire each other when the going seems too long, boring, or divisive.
What I love about this video, besides its lo-fi ’70s-esque psychedelic “rays” emanating from everywhere, is the flashes of LA I see in every other scene. Chungking Road in Chinatown, represent! Capitol Records building, Hollywood Boulevard, in tha house! Weird crossroads sculpture thingy at the corner of La Brea and Sunset, I love you! Even the shots of Beverly Hills are endearing in this context. (But only in this context.)
H/T to The Root.
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