‘So Stoned’ Director’s Health-Care Ad Selected By Obama Celeb Panel
by Jason Killian MeathA health-care ad, featuring cute little children on a playground reading lines like “I’ll be diagnosed with leukemia and I’ll die,” was winner of a nation-wide competition of ads launched by Obama’s Organizing for America. The ad was produced and directed by Eric Hurt, a former contestant on the trashy reality show “Temptation Island.” Hurt’s previous directorial work includes a short film entitled “So Stoned” about 5 drugged-out friends smoking a bong and recounting disgusting stories from their past. ”So Stoned” suddenly vanished from both Vimeo and FunnyOrDie.com after Obama consultant David Plouffe, announced Hurt’s selection..
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The ad was selected out of 1,000 entries, as part of Obama’s “Health Care Reform Video Challenge.” Ironically, instead of showcasing real people who suffer under the current health-care structure, the judges hand picked an ad that is all showbiz and zero substance. They chose to go with fake health-care horror stories read by adorable but soppy kid actors — pawns in a political high-stakes game of shocksploitation. These kids obviously don’t have dire health care problems; they just have showbiz parents who hooked them up with a gig. (more…)










Esther Ralston at the height of her fame, 1920’s.















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