Though Democratic delegate counts are nearly tied, there is a clear frontrunner in terms of candidates who inspire a large contingency of creative types: Barack Obama. He's got the girl, the buzzy star-studded video, and now he has his own musical.
A vampire musical, no less. (Not to quibble, but the vampire genre is tiring. Let's hope he soon inspires something a little more Fossey!)
Barackula (he's even got the best name for neologisms and plays on words -- O-mentum, for example) takes place during Barack's time at Harvard Law School. It's directed by Mike Lawson and uses Obama's own inspiring words as a source for materail. This political horror film tells the young law student's "having to stave off a secret society of vampires at Harvard when he was
inducted into presidency at the Harvard Law Review in 1990."
From MTV.com
Lawson described the film as a mixture of Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
video and "Jesus Christ Superstar," and it features a pair of original
musical numbers, both co-written by Sherman, which make undead
allusions to some of Obama's current campaign themes. In the
funk-rock-gospel tune "Running," Sherman croons, "The name's Barack
Obama/ Just named president of Harvard's law review/ It should be a
time of celebration/ But my life's in danger/ My association with a
secret society that's after me won't let me go, won't let me be/ So I'm
running, I'm running across Harvard's lawn." (It sounds a lot smoother
when he sings it, trust us.)
Subtle!
It's only 10 minutes long and should debut online in the next couple of weeks.
Photo: vH1.com
