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Thursday, June 28, 2012

"Beauty and the BEAT!"

Posted by on Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:42 AM

From Todrick Hall, a former American Idol contestant and up-and-coming comedy video artist, comes this incredibly intricate, stereotype-packed spin on the opening scene of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. It's incredible.

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I want to know how Disney hasn't sued him yet.
Posted by erasedk on June 28, 2012 at 9:54 AM
More, I Say! 2
I thought that was great. Really well done on everyone's parts, getting those finish-my-sentence bits down. And Antoine Dodson! That guy!
Posted by More, I Say! on June 28, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Akbar Fazil 3
@1 It's called parody. Totally protected.
Posted by Akbar Fazil on June 28, 2012 at 10:09 AM
4
hey, lawasha! hey, ladrya! top drawer.
Posted by Adrian Ryan on June 28, 2012 at 10:15 AM
5
This went around my office yesterday. It's really well done.
Posted by moosefan on June 28, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Reverse Polarity 6
Now THAT is some fine parody. Well done. *clap, clap, clap*
Posted by Reverse Polarity on June 28, 2012 at 10:39 AM
7
@1 @2 @3 @4 @5 @6 YOU GUYS!!!!!! YOU'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT WHETHER IT'S RACIST!!!!!!!
Posted by beef rallard on June 28, 2012 at 11:10 AM
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Mattini 9
That was good. One of the extras was another Idol alum, Vonzell Solomon, though I didn't realize it was her until the end credits.
Posted by Mattini on June 28, 2012 at 11:22 AM
katrat 10
Crap now I have to sit through the original so's I can see how brilliant that is
Posted by katrat http://www.kathrynrathke.com/ on June 28, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Dougsf 11
All polls need a "you're over thinking it" option. An analytical mind is great, but if you really can't turn it off... well, then everything pretty much sucks for one reason or another.
Posted by Dougsf on June 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Christin 12
That was really well-done, and I've kinda watched it four or five times now. I keep catching new things--the amazing paint job in the windows of the nail salon, Belle curtsying grandly at a man in a dumpster, the exchange "Bonjour!" "What'd you call me?!"

The person who responds to "I need six legs" with "That's too expensive!" looks just like Miss J from America's Next Top Model, doesn't she? I wonder if that was a cameo--nobody in that costume appears again in the rest of the video.
Posted by Christin on June 28, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Cynic Romantic 13
Ripping off a 30 year old Go-Go's album for the title? Comedy genius!
Posted by Cynic Romantic on June 29, 2012 at 1:45 AM
terrence 14
there needs to be a "not racist, but not funny" option.

well made in every other respect, but crackheads looking to score a hit in the ghetto is only funny for so long.
Posted by terrence on June 29, 2012 at 8:04 AM
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Cute, but I probably won't watch it again.
Posted by Lymis on June 29, 2012 at 8:36 AM

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