Please Vote for Me serves as a stark reminder that such childish displays of democracy, voting and elections—are just as immature and bully-oriented as real life. to be able to laugh, and scoff at the lengths that these young children—and their parents go through; to be elected Class Monitor is something reminiscent of real world politics. lies, gossip, and scandals is all that makes up children’s lives—and the material of politics also. parents really are controlling of our political culture—but so is what we see, and intake from debauchery and fabricated rumors.
i am still so aligned with what this documentary is, on one hand it’s a ridiculous and absurd analysis on children—taking you right back to the glory days of elementary drama. on the other you have a brave look at how politics really does work—it’s haunting really how surreal this whole elementary school election was—because it all seemed to take on such real world examples of accusations, election campaigns and the morality of the democratic process. politics isn’t something based off of fact, education or downright beneficial decrees—it’s all who can win the crowd, and who says what others wants to hear. I know this isn’t necessarily ‘news’ to anyone, but Please Vote for Me reduces the whole political process to mere children and prepubescent kids screaming and lying to eachother.
Please Vote for Me serves as a stark reminder that such childish displays of democracy, voting and elections—are just as immature and bully-oriented as real life. to be able to laugh, and scoff at the lengths that these young children—and their parents go through; to be elected Class Monitor is something reminiscent of real world politics. lies, gossip, and scandals is all that makes up children’s lives—and the material of politics also. parents really are controlling of our political culture—but so is what we see, and intake from debauchery and fabricated rumors.
i am still so aligned with what this documentary is, on one hand it’s a ridiculous and absurd analysis on children—taking you right back to the glory days of elementary drama. on the other you have a brave look at how politics really does work—it’s haunting really how surreal this whole elementary school election was—because it all seemed to take on such real world examples of accusations, election campaigns and the morality of the democratic process. politics isn’t something based off of fact, education or downright beneficial decrees—it’s all who can win the crowd, and who says what others wants to hear. I know this isn’t necessarily ‘news’ to anyone, but Please Vote for Me reduces the whole political process to mere children and prepubescent kids screaming and lying to eachother.
