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The Daily OrangeClip of the week | Crank That Kosha Boy
By Kelina Imamura
Posted: 3/20/08, 1:09 AM EST Section: Feature
Everyone knows the Soulja Boy dance and adaptations of the famous song have now popped up on YoooooooooouTube. The newest version features a rabbi turned superhero, Kosha Boy who saves the world one Jewish gangsta at a time.
As the familiar beat begins, the blue and white clad Kosher Boy emerges after a quick costume change. Upon the first "Jeeeeewwww," you know this isn't the normal Soulja Boy anymore.
Performed as something said in the synagogue, the entire video plays on the humorous parts of the Soulja Boy video, especially the ridiculous use of random pieces of technology. Complete with "Fiddler on the Roof" and Hanukkah references, the song addresses many Jewish stereotypes. Some parts are in Yiddish, and the chorus is all about dreidels and matzah ball soup.
Even the logo with letters replaced by dreidels and Star of David's make this rendition of a horrible catch song that much better.
The dancing rabbis adapt the trademark dance to a bowl of matzah ball soup. The pure awkwardness of the changes in the dance makes the video even funnier. If Soulja Boy wasn't enough, Kosha Boy puts this absurd dance craze on a whole new level.
kmimamur@syr.edu
As the familiar beat begins, the blue and white clad Kosher Boy emerges after a quick costume change. Upon the first "Jeeeeewwww," you know this isn't the normal Soulja Boy anymore.
Performed as something said in the synagogue, the entire video plays on the humorous parts of the Soulja Boy video, especially the ridiculous use of random pieces of technology. Complete with "Fiddler on the Roof" and Hanukkah references, the song addresses many Jewish stereotypes. Some parts are in Yiddish, and the chorus is all about dreidels and matzah ball soup.
Even the logo with letters replaced by dreidels and Star of David's make this rendition of a horrible catch song that much better.
The dancing rabbis adapt the trademark dance to a bowl of matzah ball soup. The pure awkwardness of the changes in the dance makes the video even funnier. If Soulja Boy wasn't enough, Kosha Boy puts this absurd dance craze on a whole new level.
kmimamur@syr.edu
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