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I just watched the trailer for The Hangover Part II about 2 weeks ago. I wasn’t in a rush to see where the cast would travel next or what trouble they’d get into until I sat in the theater to experience the fictional disaster. My reason for holding out is because I didn’t expect the film’s debaucherous premise of party and bullshit to deviate heavily from it’s 2009 predecessor. Why would it? It was a huge success, spawning watchable re-runs on HBO and maybe other networks like TBS—when it retires Wedding Crashers (also co-starring Bradley Cooper). But it’s the music that will also be a main attraction for me. Already mainstream darlings Jay-Z and Kanye West score the trailer for this Memorial Day blockbuster. Just look at how Kanye West’s “Dark Fantasy” track is threaded over the first half of the trailer to build the story.
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