August 19, 2008
D.C. Teens Urge a Stop to Violence
One good thing to come out of this year's controversial summer youth jobs program is the video above, an ad starring some of the program's participating students (h/t WTOP). The Neighbors of Seaton Place produced the ad with the teens, which calls on community members to put an end to the violence that is all too common on D.C. streets.
The commercial will reportedly begin airing on local cable networks this week, but you can view it via YouTube above right now.
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Can anyone else understand what the hell those kids are saying? I don't know if it's an Ebonics issue or if these kids' english is just so bad that they slur every damned word, but I can understand tech support guys in Bangalore, India better than those kids.
I'm unsure as to why the vast majority of the commercial DEPICTS violence but the point is to decry it. Am I missing something here? Why are they depicting the violence itself rather than showing the alternatives.
Remember those "Stop the Violence" and "Increase the Peace" campaigns MTV did in the 90's. Now those were actually good. Granted, it's not like I expect Seaton Place folks to have that kind of dough, but all this commercial did was provide me with 30 seconds of unintelligible garble.
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now what would have been cool is if those kids had gotten training in video production, thus learning that you can promote positive change in your community *and* gain marketable job skills. not to mention learn about a job market where a college degree isn't an absolute necessity.
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So wait the city paid these kids summer jobs to make a 30 second video that probably took 10 minutes to shoot?
And this was "One good thing to come" out of the program?
Way to set those sights high!
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This got me totally fired up to F some sh*t up.
Hey! What are you looking at?!
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Is there a version with closed captioning?
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That was a badass girl sucker punch!
Oh wait.
I mean, that girl sucker punch was bad.
There, I have stopped the violence.
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had trouble understanding the kids.
Maybe it is the poor quality of our speakers?
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Does this mean I can start snitchin' now?
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BWAaaaHahaha!
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That fight scene was hot. So much better than that lame-ass Jets and Sharks made-up wussie crap.
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@ Hillman:
You try fighting with 2 years of tap and 2 years of jazz under your dance belt!
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OONGAWA!!
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I would have been more impressed if they were all wearing "Start Snitchin" t-shirts.
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demonfafa:
The commercial isn't meant for you dumba##. Its not like people of your ilk are going around blowing each others brains out. The commercial is spoken in the language of the target audience. Come on son, this is marketing 101. Did you go to college?
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@Uknow:
"People of your ilk?"
Jews don't go around killing each other? We should really start sometime. I'll start with Steven Spielberg.