We brought to you a story a couple of days ago that showed a New Jersey boardwalk carnival game using a caricature of President Barack Obama where players were allowed to pelt the dummy until it fell. Well it did fall, operators of the boardwalk game in the town where the MTV reality show ‘Jersey Shore’ is filmed have removed the caricature of the President. Now that’s a good look.
It has been replaced by likenesses of former President George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Manager Tom Whalen says it’s to show the ‘Walkin Charlie’ game that requires patrons to throw baseballs at plates held by the rotating caricatures isn’t ‘anti-Democrat or ‘anti-Republican.’
A plastic bag was placed over the Obama character’s head after some people earlier this week said it was disrespectful to use the president’s likeness.
Whalen says a Secret Service agent visited the concession Wednesday and told him none of the employees had urged patrons to throw at the Obama likeness.
Whalen says the Obama figure might return in a few weeks.
So how did the Obama game come to an end? A filmmaker by the name of Chris Barrett is the man responsible fro getting the Obama game taken down. Barrett documented the entire episode and events leading up to the end of the Obama game.
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Barrett returned to Seaside Heights to find the game in full operation. With a small video camera in hand, he began to film people as they tried to aim their best shots at the Obama caricature. Take a look at the events that followed.
Timeline:
August 7– Barrett filmed the game at Lucky Leo’s as people threw the balls at the Obama effigy
August 9– Barrett posted his exclusive video on YouTube.
August 10: The story broke nationally and media began to report and air Barrett’s footage.
August 11: 1PM – Barrett returned to Lucky Leo’s and observed that the manager had placed a bag over President Obama’s head in order to quell public outrage over the game.
6PM: Barrett asked manager Tommy Whalen if removing the caricature of President Obama from his target ensemble is the correct thing to do?
6:15 PM –Whalen promised Barrett he would remove it and that Barrett could have exclusive access as they removed the likeness and the replacement.
August 12: Over 300 news stories later, Lucky Leo’s replaced the Obama figure with the figure of a former president.
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