GOP attack ad depicts James Talarico as Maria in 'The Sound of Music'

[Wayman_Wong]

GOP attack ad depicts James Talarico as Maria in 'The Sound of Music'#1

Posted: 6/13/26 at 11:28am

Slime every mountain: A pro-Trump PAC is airing a deepfake AI ad featuring James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, in Maria's signature pinafore singing a parody of ''My Favorite Things'' from Rodgers & Hammerstein's ''The Sound of Music.'' The computer-generated Talarico sings: ''Boys in white dresses with blue satin sashes/ Girls dosed with hormones til they grow mustaches. Changing the gender of all your offspring/ These are a few of my favorite things.”

Ugh. The ad, bought by ''Citizens for Sanity,'' never displays any disclaimer that the on-screen Talarico is AI-generated. AI ads like this ought to be illegal.

https://www.advocate.com/politics/james-talarico-gop-deepfake-ai

[Alex Kulak2]

GOP attack ad depicts James Talarico as Maria in 'The Sound of Music'#2

Posted: 6/13/26 at 12:00pm

The legality of AI deepfakes may still be murky, but the legality of copyright infringement sure isn't. Can we finally get some giant class-action lawsuit thrown at these GOP ghouls who keep using songs without permission in their ads?

[John Adams]

GOP attack ad depicts James Talarico as Maria in 'The Sound of Music'#3

Posted: 6/13/26 at 12:57pm

Alex Kulak2 said: "The legality of AI deepfakes may still be murky, but the legality of copyright infringement sure isn't. "

Sadly, I think it's protected as "parody". Still, I'm so sick of these morons.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

GOP attack ad depicts James Talarico as Maria in 'The Sound of Music'#4

Posted: 6/13/26 at 2:16pm

How is this not in the off-topic forum? It has next to nothing to do with a Broadway. 

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