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Comedy Wed Feb 08 2012
Collision of Pop Culture
Chicago is a breeding ground for viral videos, but rarely do they gain traction as quickly as Holly Laurent's (Second City Mainstage, The Reckoning) "Hunger Games" music video. The video, directed by local filmmaker Steve Delahoyde, is a parody of Lana Del Rey's "Video Games," rewritten from the viewpoint of Katniss, the protagonist of The Hunger Games. The video was just posted yesterday, but already Rolling Stone has picked it up and called it "the perfect pop culture sweet spot." Check out the collision of pop culture phenomena below:
