In November, four days after the presidential election, a humble landscape company in Pennsylvania came to the fore after it was home to a bizarre press conference, led by Rudy Guliani, to make unfounded allegations of voter fraud. Now Four Seasons Total Landscaping – which was also the site of a Super Bowl ad for freelance market Fiverr – is getting its own documentary, it was announced on Monday.
According to the press release, “Four Seasons Total Documentary” is an apolitical and sympathetic “first-hand account of the rollercoaster trip that one well-meaning small business in Philadelphia went through when they agreed to host a political press conference amid the toughest US election in recent history. ‘
Director Christopher Stoudt, who plays co-producers Glen Zipper and Sean Stuart, appears in the documentary, which is not yet upset. Chris Paonessa and Kevin Lincoln are also producers.
“It is an honor and privilege to be able to help tell a story that the world has been waiting for months to hear,” Stoudt said in the statement. “After such a difficult year, everyone needed a moment to laugh. Little did we know that it would come from a press conference that took place across the street from a crematorium (down the street from a sex shop). ”
The Four Seasons debacle all began with a tweet from former President Donald Trump – back before he was banned on Twitter – that read: “Lawyers News Conference Four Seasons, Philadelphia. 11:00 am”
Then came Trump’s statement: “Big press conference today in Philadelphia at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. 11:30!” This was followed by a tweet from the hotel’s account. “For clarification, President Trump’s press conference will NOT be held at Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. It will be held at Four Seasons Total Landscaping,” he said. “No relationship with the hotel.”
There were several, immediate questions that arose from a shared sense of cheerful shadowy joy: Did Trump’s team originally try to book the Four Seasons Hotel and were they refused? Was it their attempt at cover-up? If not, why would you choose this business – between a crematorium and a sex shop – as a legitimate press conference?
The strangeness did not stop after the press conference ended. A man seen at the press conference was a convicted sex offender, Politico reported the next day, while The New York Times later found out that the error ‘was not in the discussion, but in a messy game’ . Trump’s legal team allegedly told the president that they had discussed the landscaping business, but he heard the name and assumed it was in the luxury hotel.
The debacle gave the landscaping business immediate meme status as people captured snapshots to use their Zoom and Google Hangout backgrounds and eagerly buy up the “Make America Rake Again” stickers.
When the Huffington Post reported, some Facebook users found posts shared by the Four Seasons Total Landscaping owner’s son counting the votes, referring to Hillary Clinton as ‘Killary’ and challenging Robert Mueller’s investigation from Russia . In turn, artist and cartoonist Shing Yin Khor began selling T-shirts for the benefit of the Democratic candidates in January’s special election in Georgia.
But the shelf life of a meme is fleeting. People have turned to other scandals – such as when former Republican Rep. Dean Browning posted a tweet declaring that he was a black gay man who did not approve of Obama – and other memes, such as the now beloved Bernie Mittens -meme.
Only this weekend did people start talking about Four Seasons Total Landscaping again after the company was the venue for a Super Bowl ad for Fiverr, an online freelance talent market.
The ad opens on Four Seasons Total Landscaping owner Marie Siravo and shouts, “Look good, guys!” as a banner with the caption “& Press Venue!” is added to the business sign. The crux of the ad is that ‘with the right talent you can build anything – even a parking lot for a press conference.’
The announcement of ‘The Four Seasons Total Documentary’ builds on some of the buzz surrounding the ad. Although no information is available yet, Stoudt indicated that the interviews with Siravo and the director of sales, Sean Middleton, would appear, which would explain the decision-making that led to the infamous press conference – all with a sense of humor. .
“This film is a chance to wipe the slate clean, not only for Four Seasons Total Landscaping, but for the entire country as well,” Stoudt said.