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Anyone notice McCain/Obama’s movie music?
Did anyone notice the music that Obama and McCain played after their respective speeches last night? Both picked very telling movie music.
As film writer Erik Childress pointed out in his comments on Hollywood Elsewhere:
“Anyone else catch the music played when McCain took the stage for his concession speech and then when he left?
“Taking the stage - Days of Thunder
“Leaving it - Crimson Tide
“One an anthem for red state NASCAR fans and the other from a film about an old school maverick who is stripped of his command by a younger black guy.”
As for the other side:
“And Obama just ended his speech with music from Remember the Titans - the story of a team of white and black coming together and putting all their differences aside to win a championship.”
And here’s something Childress didn’t point out: All three of those movies were produced or co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
I’ll let that sink in for a minute.
Yes, Jerry Bruckheimer, the man who backed everything from Top Gun to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy to Kangaroo Jack. A man who has produced films as great as Black Hawk Down, and as odious as my favorite object of scorn, Bad Boys 2.
Wow. I bet even ol’ Jerry never saw himself as that kind of equalizer. Says a lot, doesn’t it?
Addendum: This story has started to pop up around the net. This blog notes there’s some debate about the music Obama used. Some think he used John Williams’ score from The Patriot, but some think both The Patriot and Titan’s music were used. Any way you score it, interesting stuff.
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By DebbieT
November 7, 2008 5:55 AM | Link to this
Pirates would be a fitting theme for Hussein Muhhammed Obama, considering the dishonest organization of ACORN. If you looked at every county in all states you would see McCain won,,Hussein only won the large cities. HUMMM? With cigarettes, beer & pizza & I heard from a police officer that in Nevada prostitutes. Also what about the MR/DD people that can’t give change for a nickel voting?By Erik Childress
November 6, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
Funny you should mention it… http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2612By Pirates
November 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
I remeber hearing the Pirates of the Carribean theme song. Interesting…