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Harvard Law Review Vampires No Match for ‘Barackula’
Posted Feb 22, 2008 12:21 PM CST
By Martha Neil
Photo courtesy of Barackula.
Updated: In addition to his other political skills, presidential candidate Barack Obama can also put the bite on vampires.
At least that's the premise of Barackula, a new Internet-only musical now playing on Barackula.com. YouTube also has a selection of Barackula clips.
First-time director Mike Lawson's political horror film pits an actor playing Obama—who in real life was the president of the Harvard Law Review—against a fictional group of dancing law students who happen to be vampires with opposing political views, the Chicago Tribune reported earlier this month.
Updated 12:24 p.m. Feb. 22 to include links to the full-length Barackula video and YouTube clips.
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Comments
Jen
Feb 8, 2008 8:22 AM CST
I see there are no comments. I beleive that’s because most who read this are rendered speechless; both at it’s content and the fact that this is “news.”
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Chris
Feb 8, 2008 8:43 AM CST
So, should I start submitting stories about my local high school’s moot court competitions? This is not newsworthy.
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Erika
Feb 8, 2008 10:13 AM CST
“Its content,” not “it’s content.” Get it right!
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mid-size firm associate
Feb 8, 2008 11:13 AM CST
Good for you, #1 and #2, that you are in such non-stressful positions that you have no need for a moment of levity in your day…
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DNP
Feb 8, 2008 11:59 AM CST
#1 and #2 are good examples of why people think lawyers take themselves all too seriously. It may not be “newsworthy,” but it’s [it is] certainly noteworthy and therefore rightfully here.
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Actor
Feb 8, 2008 1:42 PM CST
#3 you missed #1’s misspelled “believe”. The i before e rule comes pretty early in English class.
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Barbara
Feb 8, 2008 1:50 PM CST
I loved this story. I think I loved the comments more!!!
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Speaking of grammar
Feb 9, 2008 10:37 AM CST
So, I’m not sure about the usage of the em dash to denote someone’s presidency of the Harvard Law Review. Is the story trying to say that the actor playing Obama was president of the Harvard Law Review, or simply reminding us that Obama was.
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you losers
Feb 25, 2008 11:33 AM CST
You guys are such losers. Go watch the political debates, read a newspaper and lighten the fuck up instead of correcting misspelled words in comments. No wonder people say current associates suck ass
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