M.I.A - BORN FREE
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- kingkong0
Being a ginge, I don't have a problem with it
Think it's executed pretty poorly, but the metaphor/message is nice.
Agreed with someones comment above that it's an average song that's trying to amplify itself by doing something shocking and viral. The really stupid thing, is that I can't see it getting any airplay, but maybe thats not where people watch music videos anymore. You Tube have pulled it so maybe its an own goal?
Wondered if they would of got away with it if they used Jews or Aboriginals. Guess Gingers are the only safe way of doing something like that without massively offending people.
She's gone down in my estimation, being a Sri Lankan Tamil, she should know better...
"Ultimately,“Born Free” sells a shock factor rather than critical thinking. We ask questions about the images, not their meaning; we’re to be surprised that the visual exists at all, rather than be explained why. So, while the imagery in both is interesting and catches our attention, it’s almost entirely self-serving, and in the end, we don’t actually learn anything from it."