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Pitch Perfect 2 cameos

May 19, 2015 23:53

Buzzfeed has published the The Definitive Ranking Of The Cameos In “Pitch Perfect 2”I shall now annotate this list to show how the non-American audience sees it ( Read more... )

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hnpcc May 20 2015, 07:18:47 UTC
OK, with you on the first two, the second two I couldn't name but do at least recognise that there is a show of that name, you've seriously never heard of Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez and Rosie O'Donnell? Nicole Wallace I'm with you on the who? though. I do know of the show, but only because of Goldberg and because they tried cloning it here (badly, didn't last.) Jimmy Kimmel I've heard the name, wouldn't recognise him from a bar of soap, there are real world a cappella groups, who knew, Christina and Pharrell are on The Voice, who knew, Snoop looks... old, who the hell are 5, 4, 3 - seriously never heard fo them, Obamas.. with someone I haven't heard of, and oh like anyone is going to recognise football players off field!! Geez.

Not that I was going to see this movie, granted. I guess on the positive side they've cut down on the amount of overseas piracy by having a lot of people most people will never have heard of?

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ajr May 23 2015, 00:25:40 UTC
Whoopi Goldberg isn't actually in the film, so my blushes are saved on that count. I totally failed to recognise Rosie O'Donnell and possibly should have, so you've got me there.

If you ever saw the fake twerking video where the girl got set on fire, any of the videos where celebrities read mean tweets about them, or lip sync battles, then they're all (probably) Kimmel videos. That or people who've copied his schtick. So that's where I know him from. Particularly the Emma Stone lip sync battle.

I guess on the positive side they've cut down on the amount of overseas piracy by having a lot of people most people will never have heard of?On the contrary, it's actually been amazingly popular overseas as well as domestically. The central concept travels well, for sure. I just find it weird how, for a film with a global market, the cameos are so amazingly American ( ... )

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secritcrush June 1 2015, 22:30:18 UTC
The Packers are one of the iconic NFL teams so I'm surprise you find the Seahawks more recognizable.

I thought the their cameo was hilarious. (I didn't recognize them but I never doubted that they were actual players.)

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shnetti May 22 2015, 16:29:29 UTC
I'm with you for most of them, but I have to comment on two...

#7 - One of those "other two dudes" is the yummy (though I will concede YMMV) Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5 (you must have heard of the band itself, at least?).

#5 - This one is for you and Alsion both, in that if you don't recognise David Cross then that means you must not be familiar with Arrested Development. This is an EGREGIOUS oversight, and I recommend you get watching ASAP!

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ajr May 23 2015, 00:29:07 UTC
I had to Google it, but having done so I can confirm that I have indeed heard of Maroon 5. Because of the awful "ANIMALS, ANIMALS" song that I heard once which made me want to stab myself in the ears.

I've tried watching Arrested Development a few times. I've never found it funny, never managed to make my way through an entire episode. Certainly not enough to recognise David Cross from it. Bateman and Cera are the only two I remember. Wait, no, three. Wasn't whathisname who used to be married to Amy Poehler in it as well?

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