Africa Is a Country

#Kony2012 is a Parody

#Kony2012 is a Parody

By
Sean Jacobs

#Kony2012 is no joke (millions of people still send money to Invisible Children and one of its first public critics, a Canadian student who runs a tumblr blog called Visible Children, has received death treatsthreats), but it hasn’t stopped the comedians from coming out. Here’s a few floating around in our inboxes, or passed around on Facebook and Twitter. First up is “Tony 2012: Stop the Tiger,” by a comedy group, who seem to specialize in frat boy humor. Of course they have merchandise.

It’s not Youtube if someone does not make a “response video.” #Tony2012 already has one:

Then there’s the Australian “rap news agency” Juice Rap News. At least these guys have some politics.

Finally, since Invisible Children compared Kony to Adolf Hitler; you knew this was bound to happen. That Hitler meme on Youtube gets in on the act:

Further Reading

No one should be surprised we exist

The documentary film, ‘Rolé—Histórias dos Rolezinhos’ by Afro-Brazilian filmmaker Vladimir Seixas uses sharp commentary to expose social, political, and cultural inequalities within Brazilian society.

Kenya’s stalemate

A fundamental contest between two orders is taking place in Kenya. Will its progressives seize the moment to catalyze a vision for social, economic, and political change?

More than a building

The film ‘No Place But Here’ uses VR or 360 media to immerse a viewer inside a housing occupation in Cape Town. In the process, it wants to challenge gentrification and the capitalist logic of home ownership.