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Steverino Begins
07/27/09

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Totally agree. Every wedding should be a celebration like this.

The irony of all this is that if people really wanted to see some inspiring wedding ceremonies, they'd legalize gay marriage. I have friends in CA who had kooky ideas for their ceremony if Prop 8 had failed. I think monkeys were involved.
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Miss1565
07/27/09

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They are not good dancers, this was not life altering for anyone but the participants, and the video is nothing more than a snapshot of a joyous time in the life of a group of people. One amusing (and perhaps moving) wedding use of a song is not going to Mr. Clean Magic Eraser the fact that Chris Brown is a batterer, and isn't that the fact that's standing in the way of his career right now.
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Lizawithazee
07/26/09

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Thank you for not letting this degenerate into one of those... "at my wedding, we..." "when I get married I'm going to..." fest. Thank you.

That reminds me. At my wedding, we....had MICHAEL FUCKING JACKSON in our wedding party. That's right, bitches. And, um, look how well that turned out.

And the first one. We'll say no more about that one.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/27/09

@Lizawithazee: Won't you be a little soldier? I know your tears well enough.
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formerlydictator4life1
07/26/09

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I did not cry. I did not even come close to crying. I don't get it. I'm not heartless, I promise. Can someone who cried explain to me why you did it? And why is this video more popular than any of the other wedding videos out there?

Also, was I the only one who questioned the cheesy sunglasses and single flowers the bridesmaids carried? I would have been so. pissed. if a friend asked me to be a bridesmaid, then told me I had to wear sunglasses at an indoor wedding.
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CowboyRob
07/26/09

@formerlydictator4life1:

It's emotional because you can see the joy, love and fun in the wedding party, and it's multiplied 1000X when the camera pans back and captures such true happiness on the bride's face.
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Trulymadlyme
07/26/09

@CowboyRob: Exactly. She was thrilled. And he was thrilled.

And isn't that the point.
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aLostLady
07/26/09

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Alright, you cynics. You may never want to do this at your own wedding. You may be mortified if this occurred at a friend's wedding. But tell me you don't at least crack a dusty, creaky old smile at this video.
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Steverino Begins
07/27/09

@aLostLady: Anything that breaks out of the typical OCD/anxiety-fest that is most weddings = win in my book.
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Alaska Miller
07/26/09

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Good job, Today Show, for making something beautiful suck.
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Steverino Begins
07/27/09

@Alaska Miller: I'm afraid to watch the Today Show version. Would rather keep the original video memory intact.
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shutupitsmine
07/26/09

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I couldn't watch it at work because it makes me cry - shouldn't all weddings be ecstatic rituals of your own creation?

i know im a dork.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/26/09

@shutupitsmine: I have long embraced my dorkiness. I'm a much happier person for it.
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CowboyRob
07/26/09

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Why are people making reference to race? That is so 20th century. A great wedding entrance, you could see how happy everyone was. Even God was grooving a bit while giving His blessing on this wonderful couple.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/26/09

@CowboyRob: In the words of the great Foghorn Leghorn, "It's a joke, I say, a joke, son."
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SugitaAlcimede
07/26/09

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I thought ! was the only person who didn't think it was awesome. Do what you want, it's your day, but I can still think it's a powerful argument against white supremacy.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/26/09

@SugitaAlcimede: Very true, but then, that makes it a good thing, right?
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VoxPopuli
07/26/09

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Am I the only one who cringed the whole time while watching this? I would never have a fancy uptight wedding, but at the same time I would not want my friends dancing like a bunch of dorks down the aisle to a really crappy pop song.

This is why I'd much rather elope if I ever meet husband material. Weddings are awkward.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/26/09

@VoxPopuli: I thought it was sweet; I even cried a bit. It's nothing I'd do myself in a million years, but I enjoy their enjoying it, I guess. However, yeah, if my groom-to-be proposed anything too similar, it might cause me to rethink the situation.

On the other hand, if he had the taste and the dance skills to pull off something like the above, it would totally confirm to me that I'd found the man of my dreams.
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DorothyBarker
07/26/09

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I gotta say, it certainly made me smile, and I can't say that about most weddings. Now, it didn't give me CHILLS the way this did, but then, that's the movies...
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PandoraSpocks
07/26/09

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Compare this wedding video to some $200,000 bacanal in the Hamptons and its no contest as to who who had a better time and who I'd rather be friends with.
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PandoraSpocks
07/26/09

@PandoraSpocks: Three WHOs? What're you, an owl?
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afraidofauntieem
07/26/09

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That was the ultimate fuck-you to Wagner

(also, I'm guessing their open-bar bill was huge!)
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labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
07/26/09

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regarding the video: it makes me uncomfortable, but I think that's more about watching white people dance than the fact that it's at a wedding. I think it's a terrible idea, but it's not about me and I'm glad they enjoyed their own wedding in the exact way that they wanted to.

now, Rihanna, on the other hand: what the hell is wrong with this child? is this going to be a very famous "but I love him!" horrible battered-woman scenario played out in front of the entire world? I just don't understand this sort of behavior from domestic abuse victims. it's so fucking sad.
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topsy
07/26/09

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May God bless this couple with everlasting happiness! What a wonderful expression of love and joy. I was smiling when it started, then my cheeks started to hurt from smiling too much. I cheered when the groom came out and by the time the bride came down the aisle I was laughing and dancing in my seat. I'll never forget this and I thank everyone involved for sharing it.
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aLostLady
07/26/09

@topsy: I agree, fellow non-jaded, non-cynical person!

I eat this wedding stuff UP. It's fun to see the pomp and circumstance go by the wayside once in a while and people truly enjoy themselves.

Although I was surprised that I didn't see this particular dance go down the aisle.
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nozer
07/26/09

@topsy: I have to believe you're joking in order to save my sanity. Please confirm this for me. You were "laughing and dancing in [your] seat"? This is just too much on the border of irony/sarcasm for me to understand.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/26/09

@nozer: Well, you might try loosening up a bit. No one's saying you have to like it, but why is it necessary to try to keep other people from liking it? I think I'd love it, no matter how badly they danced, if for no other reason than how totally unseriously they take themselves.
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olivepony
07/26/09

@nozer:
Ah yes...I remember my brooding dilettantish "I'm too-cool-for-school" phase...
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allyzay
07/27/09

@MissNormaDesmond: I don't think anyone is trying to keep you from liking it, but you have to be kidding if you don't find it a little weird that someone is giggling and cheering and dancing and crying over a 5 minute clip of a bunch of people none of us even know, right?
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