It’s no secret that Butter, the new film from director Jim Field Smith, is a parody of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. The film revolves around a woman’s (Jennifer Garner) extreme competition with a young African-American girl (Yara Shahidi) in a butter sculpting contest, with the characters representing Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama, respectively. It’s a pretty obvious metaphor, but just in case it’s not clear enough for you, check out the first clip from the film, which was released over on the movie’s first viral site:

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