New Sisters Trailer Is an Elaborate Spoof of The Force Awakens‘ Comic-Con Reel
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler really went for the in-joke on this one. It took me a while to figure out exactly what the hell was going on, since it isn’t an obvious Star Wars riff at first.
“The Farce Awakens” is more specific than that. It’s a beat-for-beat parody of this:
And while there have been over ten million views of that clip on YouTube (at least 20 of which alone came from my household), that would seem like a pretty niche group to pitch your movie to. Particularly when it’s a totally different kind of movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UPdfzySH1A
But you tell me. Are you now more inclined to see Sisters?
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