Hurray For “Hillywood"

The hands down best new television show of the season isn’t on T.V at all. It’s on YouTube.

A testimony to ingenuity and creativity, The Hillywood Show (www.thehillywoodshow.com), created by two sisters, is simply brilliant from the word “go,” and is by far the most worthwhile entertainment that I’ve seen in a long time.

"The Hillywood Show," starring Hillary (19) and Hannah (23) Hindi, will shock and amaze you as their impersonations of movie characters and parodies, based on popular films, are dead on.  Inspired to create the show when AOL hosted a contest for teens to create their own YouTube series (the show eventually came in number three out of 100,000 entries), the series follows the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner who, having gotten hold of the Delorean from “Back to the Future,” find themselves in different movies all while trying to get back to Port Royale. This paves the way for the girls to parody everything from “Sweeney Todd” and “The Terminator” to “Beetlejuice” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”

The incredibly talented sisters not only play almost every role themselves (for example, Hilly Hindi takes on Jack Sparrow, Edward Scissorhands, Bella Swann, The Joker, Sweeney Todd, Doc (from “Back To The Future”), and Beetlejuice, while Hannah plays Will Turner, Ms. Lovett, Alice Cullen, Harley Quinn, Dolorus Fuller, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, just to name a few, all to great aplomb), but also do everything else on the production themselves (Hannah directs and does make-up, Hilly edits, both produce.) What makes this so extraordinary is that these two girls single-handedly create work that rivals that done in the original films.

 

More recently, the Hindi sisters have expanded their show to include other stand-alone parodies. Though they have been producing their show for three years, and have always had quite a fan base, it wasn’t until they produced the music video, non Jack Sparrow parodies of “Twilight” and “The Dark Knight” that they rocketed to online stardom. The girls are currently on tour with Twi/Tour, and will be also be appearing at Comic-Con, and Megacon.

 

But what makes this show so special is the utterly contagious joy that simply explodes from the screen, and is evident in everything the girls do, from the shows themselves, to interviews. Both girls seem like the kind of people you’d just want to be friends with, and the idea of being on set with them seems like it would fulfill your wildest childhood dreams of “putting on a show in the barn.” Perhaps this comes from the fact that both are committed Christians, ending every fan letter with “God Bless” and sharing personal prayer requests in interviews. It is clear that they attribute their creative gifts to God, and their personal joy in creating the show is glorious to behold.

 

Though the enthusiasm and fearlessness with which they create seem easy and effortless, producing “The Hillywood Show” is far from a piece of cake. Both girls have jobs purely dedicated to funding “The Hillywood Show”, and rely heavily on outside donations to make ends meet in the hopes that their show will ultimately be picked up by a television network.

 

Hilly and Hannah Hindi are obviously destined for something truly special, and have found a brilliant and unique way to share their talents and faith with the world. I personally sincerely hope their show is picked up – I would actually have a reason to start watching T.V. again.

 

To watch “The Hillywood Show” or to contact Hilly and Hannah Hindi please visit: their web site, where you will find information on how to support their work.

 
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