Good point! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelwyn" <ravena...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:55:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Singer Erykah Badu Strips Naked at JFK Assassination Site
Alanis Morissette says "Thank you." ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> 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 > > > > Erykah Badu has posted a provocative new video 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 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 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. >
