It’s funny; a few weeks ago, I was driving around LA and saw one of those billboards that says “My Mother Always Hated You, Sarah Marshall” and I thought to myself, “God, it would suck to be named Sarah Marshall right now.”
The billboards, of course, are a promotion for Judd Apatow’s new film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. There are several of them, sporting phrases like “You Suck, Sarah Marshall” and “You Do Look Fat in Those Jeans, Sarah Marshall.”
Like I said: it would suck to be named Sarah Marshall right now.
Well, the Sarah Marshalls of the world have decided to do something about it. A Sarah Marshall from Greenfield, Mass., started what she’s calling The Marshall Plan. She made her own sign, that reads “You Suck Judd Apatow.” An Arlington, Virginia-based Sarah Marshall made an Internet appeal to all other Sarah Marshalls, saying “Let’s start a support group.†Loves it.
Fancast has an interesting article documenting how Sarah Marshalls across the country are responding to Apatow’s marketing campaign. Check it out here.
I went to high school with the Sarah Marshall you featured and I thought it was fabulous. Every time I hear that movie title I wonder what she thinks of it, and now I have my answer. Can’t help but laugh. It’s definitely something I think she’d do.
The Sarah Marshall from Massachusetts needs to learn how to use commas.