Election Day. Going to make this quick. A little link-and-lesson:
History’s Greatest Fictional Presidential Candidates (Slate slide show)
Multimedia doesn’t have to be fancy. Slate, Forbes, Wired, etc. all do slide shows, and whether you do it for love or for money it’s a worthwhile form to explore.
Obama: The Musical (BBC article)
Is it too soon? Of course. Is there such a thing as “too soon” any more? Of course not!
The End of the Satirical Industrial Complex? (Salon)
If Obama wins, how will professional comedians make fun of him? Is this the end of political satire? Classic speculative trend piece. You can read a piece like this for fun, but as crystal balls go it’s cracked and cloudy.
More interesting is the fact that someone will figure it out how to make fun of Obama, and it will probably be someone new or relatively unknown, and their accomplishment will make (and perhaps undo) their career.
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