Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Funny or Die parody: Fifty Shades of Blue

Video still: Selena chewing on paint samples.
Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the most talked about books of 2012 so far. The book by E.L. James has been dubbed 'mommy porn'. It tells the story of college graduate Anastasia Steele and billionaire Christian Grey. Anastasia signs a contract and gives Grey complete control over her life, including experimentation with BDSM.
Video still: Selena's shot of 'the mysterious housepainter'.
The people at Funny or Die saw the time right for a parody and created Fifty Shades of Blue. In the video we see Selena Gomez falling helplessly in love (or lust) with a disdainful (and dirty looking) housepainter, portrayed by The League's Nick Kroll. Compliments don't exist in the housepainter's vocabulary (telling Selena she can pick dirt out of his belly-button) and Selena's voice-over commentary is brilliant.  After the housepainter tells her to "Take a picture, it'll last longer", she thinks "He wants me to document out growing relationship." However, my personal favourite is "He showed me the inside of his van. How many other girls had he opened up to like this?"

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