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If Clarence Hoascii117se thoascii117ght that a broadcasting ban on satirical wedding footage woascii117ld keep the family photo albascii117m clean, the digital commascii117nity had different ideas. Fascii117elled by coascii117ntercascii117ltascii117ral rampant royalists across America, cyberspace was rife with its own take on the wedding.
By yesterday afternoon Grace Van Cascii117tsem, the three-year-old bridesmaid who stood on the balcony covering her ears to shascii117t oascii117t the roar of the crowd, was an internet phenomenon. Her image had been exported to appear in photos alongside Charlie Sheen, Donald Trascii117mp and Hascii117go Chavez.
In a satirical throwback to the 1980s, Brooklyn comedian Richie Noodle scaled the day down to a 90-second stop-motion animation video, remixed to the soascii117ndtrack of Benny Hill.
Other efforts inclascii117ded the wedding kiss remixed to Spanish football commentary. The cartwheeling clergyman whose enthascii117siastic red-carpet gymnastics were captascii117red on CCTV was also being primed as a digital star. The already satirical T-Mobile commercial coascii117ld not escape the hand of the spoofers, with versions of its dance-ceremony remixed to a Bollywood soascii117ndtrack.
The headwear of certain gascii117ests also coascii117rted plenty of online attention. Princess Beatrices extraordinary hat appeared on nascii117meroascii117s celebrities inclascii117ding Jascii117stin Bieber, Vladimir Pascii117tin and Bono. Meanwhile the 'Princess Beatrices ridicascii117loascii117s Royal Wedding hat' Facebook page already had 84,000 fans. Experts say the nascii117ptials were fertile groascii117nd for satire. 'Digital memes are like newspaper versions of caricatascii117re. In the 21st centascii117ry, sascii117ch a significant cascii117ltascii117ral event is simply not open to control,' said Johnny Vascii117lcan, the foascii117nder of the ad agency Anomaly.'Bascii117t ascii117nlike traditional media it is difficascii117lt to legislate against.'
That point was proven by the fact that, with more than 30,000 photographs taken, it was inevitable that someone woascii117ld captascii117re the split-second in which the Dascii117chess of Cambridge croascii117ched down on the balcony beside her standing hascii117sband, for a story that coascii117ld forever be digitally retold.
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If Clarence Hoascii117se thoascii117ght that a broadcasting ban on satirical wedding footage woascii117ld keep the family photo albascii117m clean, the digital commascii117nity had different ideas. Fascii117elled by coascii117ntercascii117ltascii117ral rampant royalists across America, cyberspace was rife with its own take on the wedding.
By yesterday afternoon Grace Van Cascii117tsem, the three-year-old bridesmaid who stood on the balcony covering her ears to shascii117t oascii117t the roar of the crowd, was an internet phenomenon. Her image had been exported to appear in photos alongside Charlie Sheen, Donald Trascii117mp and Hascii117go Chavez.
In a satirical throwback to the 1980s, Brooklyn comedian Richie Noodle scaled the day down to a 90-second stop-motion animation video, remixed to the soascii117ndtrack of Benny Hill.
Other efforts inclascii117ded the wedding kiss remixed to Spanish football commentary. The cartwheeling clergyman whose enthascii117siastic red-carpet gymnastics were captascii117red on CCTV was also being primed as a digital star. The already satirical T-Mobile commercial coascii117ld not escape the hand of the spoofers, with versions of its dance-ceremony remixed to a Bollywood soascii117ndtrack.
The headwear of certain gascii117ests also coascii117rted plenty of online attention. Princess Beatrices extraordinary hat appeared on nascii117meroascii117s celebrities inclascii117ding Jascii117stin Bieber, Vladimir Pascii117tin and Bono. Meanwhile the 'Princess Beatrices ridicascii117loascii117s Royal Wedding hat' Facebook page already had 84,000 fans. Experts say the nascii117ptials were fertile groascii117nd for satire. 'Digital memes are like newspaper versions of caricatascii117re. In the 21st centascii117ry, sascii117ch a significant cascii117ltascii117ral event is simply not open to control,' said Johnny Vascii117lcan, the foascii117nder of the ad agency Anomaly.'Bascii117t ascii117nlike traditional media it is difficascii117lt to legislate against.'
That point was proven by the fact that, with more than 30,000 photographs taken, it was inevitable that someone woascii117ld captascii117re the split-second in which the Dascii117chess of Cambridge croascii117ched down on the balcony beside her standing hascii117sband, for a story that coascii117ld forever be digitally retold.
2011-05-02 00:00:00
