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}} "President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden (SPOOF)" is Iman Crosson's spoof video posted to the YouTube video sharing website, including a spoof of U.S. President Barack Obama's May 1, 2011 speech announcing the death of Osama bin Laden. The video is the basis of the rap music single "Momentous Day." The video was produced by actor-impressionist and dancer Iman Crosson and posted on YouTube three days after Obama's speech. Crosson's video includes a spoken explanatory introduction followed by a spoof of Obama's speech. The spoof includes comedic dancing, and presents the speech in rap music form, sometimes covering topics from Obama's speech with references to contemporary memes. Popular and critical reaction focused on the video's humor and on Crosson's impersonation. Additionally, CBS News' Bailey Johnson said that Crosson's version of the speech "seems to perfectly capture the national mood,"〔 and ''Al Jazeera'' 's "Listening Post" stated that Crosson's satirical interpretation "cuts through the usual diplomatic platitudes and delivers - what seems to be - a more honest ... account of what happened."〔 CQ ''Roll Call'' Daily Briefing Editor David Hawkings remarked that the video "skewered the president’s 'no drama' affect and at the same time captured the mood of the country in the days after the Abbottobad raid."〔 ==Content== Three days after Barack Obama's May 1, 2011 speech from the East Room of the White House announcing the death of Osama bin Laden,〔 actor, impressionist, dancer and Internet personality Iman Crosson posted a YouTube video "President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden (SPOOF)"〔 that was a spoof of Obama's speech. In the video, the East Room spoof followed a spoken-word introduction by Crosson, impersonating Barack Obama sitting at a desk,〔 explaining that the rest of the video was an "alternative speech" that had not been chosen for broadcast, replaced by the "traditional speech" that Obama in fact delivered.〔 In character with the spoof, TVGuide.com quipped, "originally, this diss track was supposed to be the nail in Osama's coffin."〔 CBS News' Bailey Johnson echoed that Crosson's version was "an earlier draft of the speech - a draft very different from the one that aired."〔 The spoof was delivered in rap and included comedic dancing in an East Room-appearing backdrop, with ''The Huffington Post'' saying the video was "works in almost every meme from the last month."〔 The video not only included topics relating to bin Laden's killing, but referenced Internet culture〔 including contemporary memes such as Charlie Sheen's "Duh, Winning", Rebecca Black, Antoine Dodson, ENJ vs. Niks,〔 as well as snuggies, Donald Trump, and Google Earth.〔〔 The single "Momentous Day"〔 is derived from the rap portion of the video. One commentator described the video as what Obama's speech--"in all likelihood the most pimp moment of his first two-and-a-half years in the White House"--"would have looked and sounded like had the man gone swag with it," characterizing Crosson's performance as a "rhymed flow over a booming, Lex Luger-esque beat."〔 ''New York'' magazine's Amanda Dobbins referred humorously to Crosson's dancing of the Dougie as a "bonus: the official Obama Family Dance."〔 ''The Post-Standard'' affiliate Syracuse.com's Geoff Herbert described "the witty parody rap" as "a fierce rap with lots of swag."〔 Crosson ended his speech with "Oh that’ll be two terms please, thank you,"〔 referring to Obama's possible 2012 re-election in view of his increased popularity〔 following the success of the bin Laden mission. CBS News' Bailey Johnson contrasted Crosson's rap and dancing performance with Obama's "model of confidence, restraint, and calm authority," further stating that Crosson's version of the speech "seems to perfectly capture the national mood."〔 The San Francisco Chronicle's "City Brights" contributor Zennie Abraham quoted Johnson and added that the video "exactly expresses what you and I both know Barack wanted to say after the Navy Seal Team 6 got to their objective."〔 ''Al Jazeera'' 's "Listening Post" remarked that Crosson's satirical interpretation "cuts through the usual diplomatic platitudes and delivers - what seems to be - a more honest and rhythmically tuned account of what happened."〔 CQ ''Roll Call'' Daily Briefing Editor David Hawkings remarked that the video "skewered the president’s 'no drama' affect and at the same time captured the mood of the country in the days after the Abbottobad raid."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「President Obama on Death of Osama bin Laden (SPOOF)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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