Right up there with Mason's earlier post featuring Christine Ha, the video for Lionel Richie's grammy-winning hit "Hello" always got me. Laura Carrington, a fully sighted actor, stars as a blind art student stalked by the love-struck Richie.
"Hello," he croons on an anonymous late-nite phone call, "is it me you're looking for?"
It falls somewhere between tearjerkingly touching and completely creepy, especially when Carrington turns the tables on Richie at the end:
"Hello," he croons on an anonymous late-nite phone call, "is it me you're looking for?"
It falls somewhere between tearjerkingly touching and completely creepy, especially when Carrington turns the tables on Richie at the end:
The bust of Richie featured in the video has been the subject of derision in many media. Here's Scottish art student Dylan McCaughtry with his own Lionel bust that he made while blindfolded:
A more appetizing version is this 20-pounder, rendered in chocolate:
For links to these and more, check out "The clay head from the Lionel Richie 'Hello' video" Facebook page.
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