http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/taxonomy/term/305/0 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/im-jack-nicholson-and-i-approve-message <p>Today I was introduced to Jack Nicholson's video endorsement of Clinton. It is currently making the rounds on YouTube: </p> <p align="center"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sp3Pfwrwh48" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Here's the problem I see with his montage-style endorsement: Nicholson lets his fictional characters do the talking and the most obvious problem here is that Nicholson rarely plays sympathetic characters. When the Joker asks me "Who do you trust?" and Col. Jessop from <em>A Few Good Men</em> tells me how military leadership should work, I don't feel benevolent towards their recommendation. Then there's the appalling moment when we return to Jessop to hear him talk about the <em>sexiness</em> of a woman in power. Is speaking through the mouths of liars, murderers, and psychopaths the best strategy to forward an endorsement? </p> <p align="center"><img src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/sites/default/files/The-Shining-008.jpg" height="130" alt="Jack Nicholson in The Shining" /><img src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/sites/default/files/jack-nicholson-chinatown.jpg" height="130" alt="Jack Nicholson being roughed up in Chinatown" /><img src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/sites/default/files/Ferguson-Truth.jpg" height="130" alt="Nicholson screaming you can't handle the truth in a few good men" /><br /> Are these the cultural icons one wants associated with one's campaign? </p> <p> At least, to follow up on Tim's post about the Devil and Hillary Clinton, we have no <em>Witches of Eastwick</em></p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/im-jack-nicholson-and-i-approve-message#comments celebrity film Hillary Clinton Jack Nicholson Political Ads Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:27:50 +0000 Jillian Sayre 246 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old