Beyoncé's new video, Superpower, is beautiful. A gang of 'misfits' grows in numbers as Beyoncé struts in heels and a short skirt, looking absolutely beautiful and sings with the power and strength of 17 divas. Even thought she had shoes made especially for her that were not only ugly as sin, but also constructed from a variety of exotic animals, I still like some of her music. She is really talented. Like a siren on the rocks, her voice lures me. And damn, the girl can dance! This video is entertaining.
Nice, don't you think? Sexy and a little disarming? The slow movements, the lighting, the way not much happened in the ways of dramatic action, all this was very gripping. And when she helps the masked man rise at the end, the name Trayvon Martin flashed through my mind. Anyone else get this?
But I have an issue with this video and also the description of the video that you can find here.
The writers at ddotomen.com say that Beyoncé is joined by a cavalry of "misfits." Misfits? Really? Everyone I say in this video was relatively thin, attractive, and dressed stylishly in expensive-looking clothing one could wear to a popular nightclub. They all look like models. Did the writers at ddotomen.com mean that the beautiful people who joined Beyoncé in the video were not white? Since when does being not white make you a misfit?
Being a misfit means that you don't fit in, that there is no group readily available for you to celebrate yourself in. None of the models in this video were visibly disabled, gender ambiguous, had facial scars, overweight, or had even a pimple showing through their beautifully made-up, perfect looking skin. So how are they misfits? Better yet, what would they look like if they WERE all misfits! How much more powerful a video would that be?
Imagine it! Beautiful, sleek Beyoncé being joined in solidarity by a woman on crutches, a few people with facial scars or other "disfigurement", a gender ambiguous person, someone who is a little overweight, a few people in wheelchairs, you know, people who are actually MISFITS! And what if, in this video, the misfit people were walking side by side with the stereotypical beautiful-model types? And what if there were MORE of the misfit people than there were the others? Still the same video, still Trayvon Martin, just actual misfits.
The video that I described, it would have stuck with me. The one I saw, though I enjoyed it, has already floated from me mind like a cotton candy cloud.
Beyoncé mobs through
the scene with a calvary of misfits who are ready to ride for the cause
in this visual aid to “Superpower”.
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
Beyoncé mobs through
the scene with a calvary of misfits who are ready to ride for the cause
in this visual aid to “Superpower”. Frank
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
Beyoncé mobs through the scene with a calvary of misfits who are ready to ride for the cause in this visual aid to “Superpower”.
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
Read more at: http://www.ddotomen.com/2013/12/13/video-beyonce-superpower-ft-frank-ocean/ | DDotOmen
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