After the success of 鈥攁 humorous PSA for the Affordable Care Act鈥攖he website is suddenly interested in shaping public opinion.
Today the site released a three-video faux battle between Robert Redford and Will Ferrell over how to best reconnect the Colorado River with the Pacific Ocean. Redford wants to raise flows and is stumping for , an actual charity, while Ferrell argues that it would be better to move the ocean inland.
“The Colorado River is one of the most loved and hardest working rivers in the world,” says Redford. “But we鈥檝e overused it. Most years the river dries up even before it reaches the sea.”
Meanwhile, Ferrell, stumping for the faux charity employs a cameo by surf legend Kelly Slater to make the case for moving the Pacific inland. “American professional surfers suffer from a lack of adequate surfable coastline in North America and are forced to travel great distances to enter surf competitions.”
The main commentary in all of this, of course, is that 18- to 34-year-olds don鈥檛 actually care enough about the Colorado or healthcare or anything else, unless it comes in the form of a celebrity gag reel.