LOLFreedom! ‘08!
October 21, 2008
Freedom ‘08 was made by a couple of people who were tired of yelling at the nightly news on their tv and thought it would be good to digress into a more fun avenue of personal expression for a bit. And then they thought it would be neat to do a plebeian (cinema verite?) version of their favorite video ever, Freedom ‘90.
They had no professional equipment, lighting, training, crew or supermodels- really, no budget- at their disposal.
Also they knew that the naysayers might scoff at it.
They decided to make it anyway.
And so, with a handful of good-lookin’ friends from the outer boroughs, a few lights, the lucky discovery of a brilliant editor, and a handheld cam affectionately dubbed “The Party Favor”, they did.
What started as a silly lark, a LOL-fest stemming from fascination of the Holy Trinity of Naomi/Cindy/Christy, became something more- although what that “more” is, is up for interpretation. However, we suspect that the current state of affairs is something of an influence.
(Although, it’s still hi-larious. After all, it has not one, but two pinatas in it, to start).
Speaking of Holy Trinities, we certainly hope that the one of George/David/Mike will not take the video as an affront. Rather, we hope they will consider this perhaps less than technically astounding effort a humble grassroots tribute, one with alot of heart at that. No profit here at all, just a labor of love sprung from the collaborative effort of a few young people battling disillusionment and blowing off some steam with a bit of fun artistic expression.
In uncertain times, that’s one good thing that we’ve got.
