Cheeto Christ Stupid-Czar (CCSC) was released in August 2019, in response to President Trump calling himself the chosen one and the King of Israel (remember when he did that? So much has happened since then, holy shit). I can’t even begin to describe how much I loathe this song, so I won’t try. Let’s look at the video I hate most as an example: Cheeto Christ Stupid-Czar. My real problem is that Randy Rainbow videos consistently, without fail, cheapen the importance of whatever political subject the song is about, reducing complex, oft-times systemic failings and flaws in our political system to cheap jabs about Trump’s hair, or the way he talks, or something silly he did. There are plenty of lazy, unfunny, annoying YouTubers out there, and most of them I’m perfectly happy to ignore. I have a deeper issue with Randy, though, beyond just his lazy lyrics, irritating demeanor, and stupid face. In the ensuing discussion after I pitched this article, my Editor-in-Chief, John DiLillo, described Randy Rainbow as “if Weird Al sucked and knew too many Russian names from the Mueller Report,” and I honestly can’t think of a more apt description than that. When in the rare cases such a connection occurs, it’s the most obvious connection in the world and it makes me mad that someone would think it’s clever enough to say out loud. They’re filled with the most obvious puns you can think of, and they rarely if ever connect the dots between the subject of the parody and the subject of the original song. To start, none of his parody lyrics even begin to approach clever. Everything else about his channel is absolute dreck. That’s literally all the credit that’s due. The timing of these fake interviews is usually tight, the green screen editing isn’t distracting, and Trump usually has said something stupid enough to let Randy get in at least one half-decent zinger. Most of his videos begin with a fake interview between himself and the target of the video ( usually Trump), using clips from real footage of the target edited to look as if they were talking to Randy. ![]() ![]() 2) Randy Rainbow has some decent video editing skills, and also a green screen. He has a pleasant voice, he’s clearly had some training, and melodically he’s not the worst to listen to. Journalistic integrity requires me to at least try to be Fair and Balanced™©®, so with that in mind I’ll try to give credit where credit is due - I can admit that 1) Randy Rainbow is not a bad singer. He sucks so bad that he actually makes me like musical theatre songs a little less, and I went to Tisch to study musical theatre. He sucks more than I can put into words, though that isn’t going to stop me from trying. An example of one of Rainbow’s infernal anthems.
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