奥巴马曾在MV中跑龙套？(双语)

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2010年06月11日环球时报
   
    奥巴马曾在MV中跑龙套？
　　The music video for vintage hip-hop hit "Whoomp! (There It Is)" features a quick cameo by Barack Obama — or someone who looks a lot like him。
　  近日美国网友疯传总统奥巴马曾于1993年在一首红透半边天的歌曲“Whoomp！”(又称“There It Is”)的MV中临时客串，也有人说那可能只是一个长得和奥巴马比较像的演员而已。
　　Ever since he announced his intention to run for president, Barack Obama's life has been fodder for conspiracy theorists. But the latest fringe controversy doesn't concern a secret muslim faith or a "suspicious" social security number — rather, eagle-eyed hip-hop fans claim to have spotted a youthful Obama as an extra in the 1993 video for Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)，" a heavily played dance track of the era。
    自从奥巴马宣布要竞选总统之后，他便成了阴谋论者们攻击的对象。而这次的公开辩论不再是关于奥巴马是否秘密信奉伊斯兰教，也不是什么“令人怀疑”的社会安全数据，而是——眼尖的街舞爱好者们声称奥巴马年轻时曾在Tag Team乐队1993年演唱的红极一时的歌曲“Whoomp!”的MV中临时客串。
　　At the 1:01 point of the video, "Obama" can be seen in full gangsta stylings, with a Compton baseball cap, gold jewelry, and an early cellphone pressed to his ear. When the video was shot, Obama was a 32-year-old recent graduate of Harvard Law School, and had just moved to Chicago。
    MV播到1分零一秒时，“奥巴马”一副街头帮派小子扮相，头戴黑色棒球帽，带金色耳环和戒指，耳朵上附着个大哥大。网友猜测奥巴马当时只有32岁，刚从哈佛法学院毕业，且刚搬到芝加哥。
　　It might be the future president, suggests The Improper. His role as a community organizer "could have exposed him to some hip, happening dudes that might have landed him in a hip-hop video." Sorry, but it's not him, says Adrian Chen at Gawker. Tag Team is from Atlanta, not Chicago. Also, those gold earrings?
　　有媒体认为那可能就是“真奥巴马”。他一直致力于社区工作，其组织人的身份“可能让他遇到了一些街舞小子，进而被邀请进了这段街舞MV”。但是也有人称那只是个“假奥巴马”，Tag Team拍摄此景是在亚特兰大而非芝加哥。且不管这些，问题是：“奥巴马”耳上的金耳环是真的还是假的？