Do you remember that movie starring Will Smith in which mankind had to fight an alien invasion? Yes, “Independence DayIt was called and was released in July 1996 in Argentine cinemas. In its cast there were also other figures such as Jeff Goldblum and Bill Pullman, who played the president of U.S. It seems that the mayor of Jujuy Alejandro Torres he also remembered that film and the iconic speech prior to the “great battle”, which he decided to “pay tribute” at an official ceremony.
This Thursday, as part of the celebrations for July 9, the president of the town of El Carmen, a few kilometers from San Salvador de Jujuy, decided to motivate the neighbors in the hard days of quarantine and I lock up for the pandemic of the coronavirus with a message extremely similar to what the Pullman character gave to the soldiers who were about to go out to fight the aliens in the fiction of Hollywood. But never imagined that someone would realize the loan he made to the script of the film And that what he believed could be an epic speech would end up becoming a viral one.
Is that from the humor group of Facebook “You Don’t Want to Live“they took the images of the official act that were broadcast by the social networksFrom the Municipality of El Carmen and edited it showing the similarities with the film’s presidential speech.
The mayor who copied the “Independence Day” speech.
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There you can see the Peronist mayor who took office on December 10, tell his people that we must “fight”, that “we do not lower our arms” and that “we must not surrender”.
In the extract that was distributed, the politician states: “We are going to seek to live, we are going to seek to exist, today we celebrate our independence day. Perhaps it is the destiny that today July 9, such a special date, It is time to once again fight for freedom. We will not enter surrendered and in silence towards the disease and we will not die without fighting. “These phrases of the mayor were copied from the script of” Independence Day “and generated a stir among the users.
“It made me want to go out and fight the aliens,” one user joked.
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Watching the video quickly the post went viral with hundreds of comments and jokes. “What a lack of respect for those who fought against the aliens,” “It made me want to go out and fight the aliens.” “By God, disrespect for what is useless or to write a message about the national holiday.” “At least I would have spoken impetuously, like the one in the movie.” “We deserve to be the way we are. Look at our leaders and political representatives. What a disaster, everyone who was in that town hall opened 204 years ago must be crying from heaven.” They were some of the comments of the publication.
