Something Something… The Orio Story, by Random Vaughn, Matteo Molinari, Jason Ellsworth, Justin Bryant

Something Something… The Orio Story

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Random Vaughn, Matteo Molinari, Jason Ellsworth, Justin Bryant

Logline: Something Something… The Orio Story is a mock documentary that follows the adventures of America’s newest (and probably stupidest) white rap sensation, Orio.

After Orio’s debut single, “Twist It Off,” an idiotic but ridiculously catchy pop rap hit, sells millions of units, it is decided that a documentary will have to be made to properly introduce the public to their newest star.

Led by a reluctant Director who only agreed to do the project so he could make his art house film afterwards, we follow Orio as he heads out on his catastrophic “America World Tour,” which covers the US as well as foreign countries like Alaska.

Orio is joined by his lifelong friend and fellow rapper, Green Tea (a “hardcore Asian MC”), who is the font of semi-philosophical parables. Also along for the ride is Orio’s entourage: Tim, his psychotically obsessed and loyal to the death roadie, Maglight and CSI Miami, a pair of backup rappers straight from the hood, the bodyguard LaSteve, and Black Guy 1 and 2, who no one really knows the origins of.

Orio himself is straight from Kansas, a suburban white kid who’s been obsessed with rap from his childhood. With the humongous success of his debut single, he’s now able to live out his fantasy of moving from the suburbs to the ghetto. We follow him to his mansion in the middle of a war zone like hood, where he’s employed the kids from an orphanage he demolished as Oompa Loompas, running around in costume and serving his every need. We take a tour through this rich white thug’s paradise with his Popeye’s chicken kitchen, a fanny pack collection, pet penguins, and his most prized possession: Al Pacino himself.

The people surrounding Orio (his French manager Olivier, his team of agents, record executives and producers) see the rapper only as their most recent, clueless cash cow. Fully aware of the fad-like nature of his success, they attach every commercial product they can to him in hope of turning a profit and bringing in as much cash as possible before the inevitable turn of public opinion – which eventually will occur before our very eyes.

From concerts to casinos to movie sets, we span the arc of one rapper’s rise and fall… and the horrifying process of America putting a fool up on a pedestal.

Offensive humor and absurdity abound in this 8 Mile meets Spinal Tap mash up. Something Something… The Orio Story is a ridiculously stupid look at our cultures lack of meaningful celebrities. At least ours celebrity is a fake one.