Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2021 5:00:43 GMT
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom appear as aging and disheveled versions of themselves in a powerful new ad warning about voter suppression.
In a broadcast from a dystopian future set in 2055, Perry and Bloom appear as weathered freedom fighters and issue a dire warning back to 2021 about the future of democracy if Congress does not pass the sweeping voting rights bill, the For The People Act.
As an unknown enemy zeroes in, a desperate Bloom, 44, says from an underground bunker where he and Perry, 36, are attempting to signal back to 2021, “You are our only hope, the America you know doesn’t exist in our future. Democracy is dead. We have no voice.”
He continues, “This future doesn’t have to be. You have the power to change it. Save democracy while you can.”
A white-haired and tearful Perry adds, “It started when voter suppression ran wild all over America. The voting rights bills died in the Senate. Polling places closed. We lost our right to vote.”
The clip ends with the couple running from the enemy, with Bloom adding, “Tell Daisy we love her,” referring to their now-9-month-old daughter.
The ad, titled “Transmissions from the Future,” has been released by nonpartisan anti-corruption organization RepresentUs, and urges passage of the For The People Act, which will be considered by the Senate next week.