Excuse me... I need to go catch my flesh before it gets too far away. [?][?]
I freely admit that I'm a liberal prude. I'm willing to die to defend her right to do that, if she so chooses. But I don't really even want to *know* about it, much less *see* it. On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Okay, I guess this is what you call really committing to your art? I do > think it's...questionable....having the shot fired at the same spot > basically where JFK was killed. > > video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF-AKFAtQQ8 > > ****************************************************** > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html > > Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination > Site<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/singer-erykah-badu-strips_b_517862.html> > > Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video > <http://www.erykahbadu.com/>on her website to accompany the song "Window > Seat." Currently #28 on Billboard's R&B/hip-hop chart, the song appears on > the album *New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh*. > > In the video, Badu walks around Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, her hometown > and site of the November, 1963 shooting of President John F. Kennedy. > Apparently filmed on St. Patrick's Day, onlookers watch as she slowly > removes articles of clothing until a single shot rings out. Badu then falls > down naked in the street, near the approximate spot where the presidential > motorcade was passing by on that fateful day. > > It's an interesting piece of performance art. Gutsy, to say the least, and > lucky, too, in that no cops showed up. > > *UPDATE:* The *Dallas Morning News *reports that city officials say Badu broke > the law > <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032910dnmetbaduvidbadu.1f6c89461.html>by > not securing a permit for the filming. The paper quotes from her Twitter > account, where she feeds that she was making a statement against > "groupthink," the "unwritten rule" that "i will not express my true opinion > if it opposes those i love and fear." She adds: "i was petrified while > shooting this video ... but liberation began to set in. i conquered many > fears in that few moments." She said she was "too busy lookin for cops" to > be embarrassed by her nudity. "i been naked all along in my words actions > and deeds. thats the real vulnerable place." > > She said she knew there were children nearby as she was stripping, and > added, "i prayed they wouldnt b traumatized." > > She also said that adults nearby were yelling at her, "THIS IS A PUBLIC > PLACE : YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED : PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON : DAMN GIRL! etc." > > *UPDATE #2:* Badu has now given an interview > <http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/0330quickbadu.1f733ed77.html>to > her local daily. Highlights: > > *Q:* To start, what can you tell me about the thought process behind the > video for "Window Seat"? > > *EB:* The song "Window Seat" is about liberating yourself from layers and > layers of skin or demons that are a hindrance to your growth or freedom, or > evolution. I wanted to do something that said just that, so I started to > think about shedding, nudity, taking things off in a very artful way. I am > from the theater, and this is just a part of expression to us, a part of > art. And I saw a video by a group called Matt and Kim, and it was filmed in > Times Square. And I thought it was the bravest, most liberating thing I've > ever seen two people do. And I wanted to dedicate this contagious act of > liberation and freedom to them. I hoped it would become something contagious > that people would want to do in some way or another. > > *Q:* And what was the thinking on the location and the Kennedy element to > it? > > *A: *Times Square is the most monumental place in New York, and when I was > thinking of monumental places, the grassy knoll was the most monumental > place in Dallas I could think of. I tied it in a way that compared that > assassination to the character assassination one would go through after > showing his or her self completely. That's exactly the action that I wanted > to display. > > *Q:* And I take it you knew that there would be a similar real-life > reaction when the video was released? > > *A:* Yeah. I knew that would happen, so as soon as the thought came to my > mind, I decided to assassinate myself as a gesture. Because it was going to > happen anyway. The video is a prediction of what is happening now. > > > >
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