Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury
2010 Internet music video
- August 15, 2010 (2010-08-15) (YouTube)
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Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury is a 2010 satirical Internet music video that was nominated for a 2011 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[1] The video features actress and comedian Rachel Bloom playing the role of a nerdy female high school student, and pokes fun at people who make online video love letters to their favorite celebrity. The song lyrics describe Bloom's character's lack of romantic interest in boys her own age, because she would rather stay home and read science fiction and fantasise, in rather sexually explicit language, about being a literary groupie for legendary and groundbreaking, but 89-year-old Golden Age of Science Fiction novelist and screenwriter Ray Bradbury.[2]
The music and lyrics were written by Bloom and the music video was directed and filmed by Paul Briganti, and choreographed by Briganti and Katie Lee Hill. The song was produced by Jack Dolgen and Jon Siebels, with additional arrangements by Dolgen.
Bradbury's response
On Bradbury's 90th birthday, Mark Edward visited Bradbury's home and showed him the video. He reported that Bradbury "was charmed by the whole thing", and that he watched it with a "wise old knowing gleam in his eyes" and "a few soft chuckles."[3]
Further reading
- Newitz, Annalee (August 17, 2010). ""Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" is the best scifi pop song of the year". io9. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- Gertz, Stephen J. (August 20, 2010). "The Girl Who (NSFW) Loves Ray Bradbury". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- Wallace, Lewis (August 22, 2010). "The Story Behind 'Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury,' the NSFW Sci-Fi Birthday Tribute". Wired.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- Myers, P.Z. (August 22, 2010). "How to make a famous SF/Fantasy writer happy". Pharyngula. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- Barnett, David (August 23, 2010). "The Ray Bradbury video tribute I never expected to see". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
References
- ^ Nielsen Hayden, Patrick (24 April 2011). "2011 Hugo Finalists". Tor.com. Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
- ^ Gallagher, Danny (November 7, 2014). "Comedy's Not Cute: Rachel Bloom Talks About Being Honest with Pop Music and Why She Likes Ray Bradbury". The Mixmaster. Dallas, TX: Dallas Observer. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Edward, Mark (August 24, 2010). "'B' is for Bradbury". The Skeptics Society. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
External links
- Official release on YouTube
- "Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury" at IMDb
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