Remix Project

For my remix project I chose to remix this video:


At first, I was convinced this guy was a real preacher, though after watching it a few times I noticed at the bottom of the screen that he is really just a performer. I feel that although he has a good point about consumerism, his method of using religious rhetoric is distasteful and absurd. He uses religion to get across his argument even though he is not religious himself. I took the clip of him talking about American consumers reconsidering listening to him and juxtaposed it next to him saying "They're tempted at this moment!' to highlight the fact that religious minded people might be attracted to him listening to him, but they're really being deceived by his appearance and the the context he is portrayed in.

One comment on youtube expressed:
"I agree, there is a growing population of people that instantly become distrustful or cynical when they hear an apparently unprovoked "Hallelujah" by a random religious person. Especially when he's preaching Anti-Consumerism and yet has VERY nice clothes. Hopefully they're made in North America, but buying locally doesn't address the OVER-spending and credit problems going on, just globalization and sweat shops."

I tried to highlight the absurdity of his persona and gimmick, such as the fact that he is protesting Victoria's Secret and comparing himself to Jesus driving the money changers out of the temple.

This project is supposed to have a degree of humor in it, but it still retains a degree of seriousness, considering the seriousness of the issues it revolves around; consumerism and the desperate state of our economy. Even though this interview was posted several years ago, now is the time for us to really examine our culture and how we approach important matters.