The Chicagoist will be launching later but in the meantime please enjoy our archives.

Stacey Dash Will Play The Mayor Of Chicago In New Sharknado Movie

By Austin Brown in Arts & Entertainment on May 4, 2016 8:56PM

2016_staceydash.jpg
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 25: Actress Stacey Dash attends the FOX, 20th Century FOX Television, FX Networks and National Geographic Channel's 2014 Emmy Award Nominee Celebration at Vibiana on August 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for FOX)

Remember Sharknado? That weird movie that your friend who always makes jokes about The Room and Troll 2 told you you had to watch because, "no really, dude, there's sharks but they're in a tornado and then they start swimming in people's houses and everything"? That one?

So somehow there's a fourth one of those now, titled Sharnado: The 4th Awakens (I am not kidding). Beloved characters like "Fin Shepard" (still not kidding) will be returning, along with cameos from one of the guys from Shark Tank and a Real Housewife of Atlanta. But for most of us Chicagoans, the real coup is that Stacey "low-key the best character in Clueless" Dash will be playing none other than Chicago's mayor in the film, for reasons unclear but totally welcome.

Dash has had an odd and strangely compelling career since gaining the spotlight in Clueless, appearing in music videos for Kanye West, CSI, short-lived VH1 series Single Ladies, and most recently on Fox News talk show Outnumbered (because sure, why not).

Most recently, Dash could be seen telling Fox's Fox and Friends hosts that she doesn't think there should be a Black History Month, since "we're Americans. Period. That's it." We can only hope that Ms. Dash will bring that same incisive analysis and political nuance to her role as Chicago's mayor.

"Sharknado: The 4th Awakens" is scheduled for release on the Syfy Channel, 7pm July 31.