| Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury | |
|---|---|
 Rachel Bloom with a photograph ofRay Bradbury | |
| Directed by | Paul Briganti |
| Written by | Rachel Bloom |
| Produced by | Jack Dolgen Jon Siebels |
| Starring | Rachel Bloom |
| Cinematography | Paul Rondeau |
| Music by | Rachel Bloom |
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Running time | 2 minutes 41 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury is a 2010 satiricalInternetmusic video that was nominated for a 2011Hugo Award forBest Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[1] The video features actress and comedianRachel Bloom playing the role of a nerdy female high school student, and pokes fun at people who make online video love letters to their favorite celebrity. The song lyrics describe Bloom's character's lack of romantic interest in boys her own age, because she would rather stay home and readscience fiction and fantasize, in rather sexually explicit language, about being a literarygroupie for legendary and groundbreaking, but 89-year-oldGolden Age of Science Fiction novelist andscreenwriterRay Bradbury.[2]
The music and lyrics were written by Bloom and the music video was directed and filmed byPaul Briganti, and choreographed by Briganti and Katie Lee Hill. The song was produced by Jack Dolgen andJon Siebels, with additional arrangements by Dolgen.
On Bradbury's 90th birthday,Mark Edward visited Bradbury's home and showed him the video. He reported that Bradbury "was charmed by the whole thing", and that he watched it with a "wise old knowing gleam in his eyes" and "a few soft chuckles."[3]