VIDEO WATCH: Terrible Exxon paid for Inconvenient Truth Spoof
Check out this horrendous spoof of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. My favorite part is when Al Gore’s penguin army goes to a “Red State Theater” and falls asleep during An Inconvenient Truth. Then they cut to the penguins watching X-Men 3 and all they all start cheering. To me the suggestion is that documentaries are boring to people from red states. I might be offended if I lived in middle America.
Supposedly the spoof was created by some youtuber but its since been traced to a PR firm that represents Republican interests. Exxon Mobile is one of their biggest clients (ABC News). Corporations are always trying to seed the internet with crap masquerading as fan or activist made. It never feels authentic and usually backfires once bloggers or the media exposes them. What corporations don’t get is that if they engaged consumers authentically, with a story that was worth hearing, they would have a much better chance of getting their message across. Had Exxon produced a video that honestly explained the reality of our oil-based economy it help me cut them some slack.
Lying to me about their shitty flash animation just encourages me to take the subway. Or atleast boycot Exxon gas stations.