Terry Crews is running for office, or rather, Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is, as the actor reprised his iconicIdiocracyrole in a special ad for the South by Southwest conference, and President Camacho has not aged one bit since the year 2505.
President Camacho was one of the best gags in Mike Judge’s cultsci-ficomedyIdiocracy, starring Luke Wilson as a man frozen in time only to wake up 500 years later in an era where stupidity has taken over the world. AlthoughIdiocracyis packed with crass jokes, no one in its supporting cast holds quite the same meme status as Crews' character, who’s gotten up to speed with the latest news to run a successful presidential campaign.
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Crews shared the clip on his social media accounts, quickly receiving over 230,000 likes across Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. In doing so, Crews proved President Camacho’s political capital remains intact despite him staying away from the spotlight for many years. Under the slogan “running for president some mo' in 2024,” Crews paraded the streets of Austin over the weekend shouting some of his opinions on pressing current-day matters like Big Mac prices andIron Man’s MCU death, inviting people to his official campaign launch party this Monday.
President Camacho has not lost touch with voters. Crews even wore the same long-haired wig he had inIdiocracyand some tight clothing accentuating the future Commander in Chief’s muscles. Naturally, Camacho’s presidential campaign is financed by Brawndo, the dubious energy drink that nearly drove humanity to extinction inIdiocracybefore Wilson’s Corporal Joe Bauers showed up.
InIdiocracy, Camacho is regarded as one of the most intelligent people on Earth before the distinctly average Bauers wakes up from his slumber. But regardless of his competence in politics, Crews nails the part once more. Sadly, fans ofIdiocracywill be disappointed to hear this campaign has nothing to do with a potential sequel from Judge, especially with anewKing of the Hillrevivalon the way at Hulu.
Along withBeavis and Butt-Head,Office Space,andSilicon Valley,Idiocracyis one of Judge’s most revered and influential works, one thatwould make for a perfectRick and Mortyparodythat could use its own version of the eccentric President Camacho.
