''Hillary 1984'' is the title of the
viral video that combines the footage of the
2008 presidential campaign web announcement by
Hillary Clinton with the
1984 Super Bowl commercial by
Apple Inc. for the launch of
Macintosh. The video shows the same blond female athlete from the 1984 Super Bowl commercial updated with an
iPod
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. The
Big Brother
Big Brother may refer to:
* Big Brother (''Nineteen Eighty-Four''), a character from George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''
** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control
** Big Brother Awards, a sat ...
image that she throws the sledgehammer at is replaced with Hillary Clinton announcing that she is running for president.
It ends with the original text replaced with, "On Jan. 14, the
Democratic primary will begin. And you'll see why 2008 won't be like 1984." The Apple symbol is a morphed into an "O", which is followed by a logo for
Barack Obama's presidential campaign website.
[ Barack Obama's presidential spokesman Bill Burton has said "Hillary 1984" was not created by the Obama campaign.][
Phillip de Vellis later admitted to creating the video and resigned from his position at Blue State Digital, who had also been unaware that he had made it. De Vellis stated that he made the video in one afternoon at home using a Mac and some software. Political commentators including ]Carla Marinucci
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Marinucci earne ...
and Arianna Huffington, as well as de Vellis himself, suggested that the video demonstrated the way technology had created new opportunities for individuals to make an impact on politics.
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"I'm In" - Hillary discusses her plans to form an exploratory committeeObama '08
{{Nineteen Eighty-Four
2007 YouTube videos
Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign
2008 United States presidential election in popular culture
Viral videos
American political satire films
Films based on Nineteen Eighty-Four
Cultural depictions of Hillary Clinton
Works about Hillary Clinton