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The Selena Gomez Funny or Die '50 Shades of Blue' Parody is Great
Jennifer Gosnell — May 27, 2012 — Pop Culture
References: funnyordie & buzzfeed
Spoofing the New York Times bestselling erotic fiction novel 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' the Selena Gomez Funny or Die parody is absolutely hysterical. In the hilarious video, she plays a woman reading the novel who promptly falls in love with a painter coming over to her home. She then creates a fictional love story in her head. Using a hilariously soft voice, Gomez narrates his actions with her own ideas.
Taking things way out of context and overanalyzing, she imagines seeing a gorgeous man, when in reality the painter is just an average Joe. Her mysterious, complicated painter fantasy comes to a crashing halt after giving her number and receiving a harsh and judging stare back.
Taking things way out of context and overanalyzing, she imagines seeing a gorgeous man, when in reality the painter is just an average Joe. Her mysterious, complicated painter fantasy comes to a crashing halt after giving her number and receiving a harsh and judging stare back.
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