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Elementary School Scarface Punks The Internet

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Yesterday a video emerged on the Internet that had the perfect elements for a viral sensation: the last scene in an apparent grade-school production of Brian DePalma‘s Scarface. Instead of cocaine, lil’ Tony Montana had a mountain of popcorn. Instead of swearing, the tiny Michelle Pfieffer in a blond wig screamed “Fudge you, Tony!” At the end, an audience of proud parents clapped. As some outraged individuals pointed out, we’ve heard of putting your kids on a theater track early, but a tiny tots Scarface was more ridiculous than Rushmore‘s high-school production of Serpico. And, as it turned out, just as movie-magic fabricated.




This video was created using professional child actors and directed by music video veteran Marc Klasfeld, trying hard to earn his Spike Jonze street cred. Klasfeld talked to the L.A. Times about the Internet outrage on this video, saying that the real issue “all these unnecessary sexual [messages]” and violence that’s already marketed to kids. Some parents may have felt that this video exploited children, but were these kids exposed to anything more egregious than they could see in a Lady Gaga video (which Klasfeld’s company ironically produces)? It’s not like Klasfeld had them watch the original Scarface for reference…right?

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  • annejaa

    Kids have done a good job but don’t you think this type of video can create a bad effects on kids’ mind ?When i was watching this video,my son told me to have a gun like the yellow gun the boy has in video.So now what i have to do ?
    Its not like that he has not any guns but this video encourages them to play such violence games and make them more rude to us.
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  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    My favorite website THEFOXNATION.COM was OUTRAGED about this ALL DAY!!1 It is clearly an example of the SOCIOFASCISTS sucking out every ounce of decency from our culture, as well as the INDOCTRINATION of our children by the LIBS who infiltrate our educational system!!1 Either way, thank you FOX NATION for giving me my daily HIT of FEAR and ANGER!!!1 It was a refreshing change from the grainy pics of SCARY BLACK MEN!!1
    http://www.thefoxnation.com/scarface/2010/03/30/watch-scarface-school-play

    Comments:
    “Never figured that the Liberals would have did a play on Scarface. I was thinking Brokeback Mountain was more up their alley, butt, or just both!”
    “THE HYPOCRITICAL PINKOS ON THE LEFT GET SCREAMISH WHEN THEY SEE KIDS PLAYING WITH TOY GUNS BUT THEN THEY PULL THIS OVER THE TOP STUNT. THEIR GOAL IS TO PUMP OUT UNEDUCATED THUGS LIKE THEMSELVES.”
    “What land am I living in? I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone and I awakened in a parallel universe where American is not America.”

    Screamish, INDEED! And yes, SADLY, these days it appears that American is NOT America!!1

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kathy-Kitt/628413749 Kathy Kitt

    People need to calm down. The kids who did this probably had no idea about the themes and the drugs that were part of the movie. Annjaa, if your son was influenced by the youtube video, don’t let him see the things you were watching. As a parent ii is your responsibility to police what you child is watching on the computer. I still find it amusing even though the kids were actors.

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