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By Any Media Necessary: Mapping Youth and Participatory Politics

Gathering Storm Spoof

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44. Supply & Demand Rap: WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP by Dorian Electra ( Official Music Video ) Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011 This song was created to enter the Supply and Demand Video Contest sponsored by Fayetteville State University's Hackley Endowment. We are students at Shimer College and Northwestern University. Made by: Dorian Electra & Neil Lokken Music by: Matt Kawahara Special Thanks: Lynn Hong, Bryan Maddox, Robin Babb, Allison Savage, Allon Libermann, Rachel Davison. LYRICS: Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH. And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND If I'm sellin somethin Here's what I got to know To ensure my sales be bumpin If we raise the price, fewer people be buyin If we push that price down low, customers be multiplyin It's not to simple just to sell it for cheap You got to cover your costs Ya tryna make ends meet Say we were forced to keep our price way down. LOW Our goods become more scarce become the talk of the town. OH If the law won't let us respond in turn by raising our money PRICE Then our lovely customers will have to pay the price in non- monetary costs such as waitin in line On day when you could be HUSTLIN and now you wastin yo time So when the prices are fixed costs remain, don't fall for tricks That extra cost don't disappear It just shift from here to here You got dem long long lines? Wait a sec, shorty, that ain't right UHM. SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE SHORTY, SHORTY DAT LOOK LIKE A SHORTAGE Ooo. When dat price so low So they be rushin to da store tramplin one another to DA FLOOR uh Ya get it? It's about supply and demand. Ya get it? Yyeeaaaaaaaaahhhhh Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? Yes sir, sir yes, what about a surplus? When you got leftover GOODS on your HANDS Cos the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded Yo. We got it 4 cheap And we're tryin to be supplyin So we got to compete. OH And we try to understand The laws we all cant help but follow called: SUPPLY AND DEMAND
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Humor/Parody Across most of the groups and issues, humor is used as a common tactic for making media artefacts entertaining and their messages resonate. Whether it be exploring social injustices, mocking conservative political advertisements, or spreading scientific knowledge, humor is utilized to bring greater levity and self-awareness to often complicated subject matter.

Some examples, such as John Green's Crashcourse: US History blends humorous anecdotes and jokes to liven up a generally dry subject matter and systematic analyses of past socio-economic structures. Others, such as Ask a Slave, are light-hearted formats to tackle well-worn and complicated social injustices through a new playful lens to both shift the viewer's expectations and draw attention to the logical absurdity of slave treatment in the US.

Parody plays a significant role within the types of humor that are used for these online media formats. By banking on pre-existing media within popular culture, parody adds new meaning or new interpretations to well-known stories and characters.

Certain parodies are very particular and topical in regards to a specific political issue. For example, in 2012 the National Organization for Marriage released a dramatic public service advertisement against gay marriage. The video was about an oppressive "gathering storm" of homosexuality and its supporters. In literalizing their theme, all of the actors in their video were seemingly hovering above a grey storm cloud. In response, a number of independent gay marriage groups released their own "gathering storm" videos the mocked the absurdity of the original video's message and format, including the green-screened storm cloud that surrounded the actors.
A Gathering Storm Part of a different state campaign, the National Organization for Marriage (a right-wing group responsible for much of the anti-gay ballot measures) released an anti-gay marriage ad, titled "A Gathering Storm."

The ad's ridiculous content caused many user-generated parodies to pop up online. Check them out on the left.

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The ad even reached a group of celebrities who put together their own parody ad, titled "A Gaythering Storm" and released it through FunnyorDie.com.

Contributed by Raffi Sarkissian