Fire... cause it looks cool?
Sure.
I like the spectacle.
As a message? It’s shock black-struggle porn with no message.
Childish Gambino - This is America (Official Video)
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Sure.
I like the spectacle.
As a message? It’s shock black-struggle porn with no message.
kingdarius
Wtf u talkin bout? Ya Bish
dont care for the song at all but the video was dope. More power to ya gambino
That's what you are doing. The visual is literally a black guy murduring other black people, while doing happy black dances with happy black kids dancing along with him.
I understand the reference to real life violent events, but taking those events into consideration, with the visuals attached to it, CG is seemingly making a statement/accusation on black peoples roll in committing or contributing to the violence, while never making any reference to white people or the vileness of the America they created off the backs of black folks.
In the video it's not "Americans" dancing. It's black folks. In the song he specifically says "Black man"
SuburbanPimp
Giving game to lames since the 90s
Json
Superstar
No. I'm taking the whole picture instead of just what I see in front of me.
You are literally contradicting yourself. Either you understand the reference to lynching and Charleston (white people) or you don't. You can't have it both ways.
Symbolism means you don't have to put something literally there. Art is full of symbols that are as much about what you as what you don't.
This painting is racist a fuccck but there's no obvious racist imagery. There's no white person in it.
That's how symbols gets twisted and turned into something it's not. An ancient Indian symbol gets perverted into a Nazi symbol cause it's divorced from it's meaning. Or you have white nationalist trying to act like a Confederate flag is a symbol of pride. Divorcing it from the fact is waived over battlefields fighting to maintain a system of oppression.
That's not to say, art can't be badly constructed and allow for bad interpretations cause the artist didn't think through their concept.
Again. Symbolism doesn't have to point to one thing. Hustling "get money" black man doesn't stop the violence. The dude, CG, dancing is now running for his life at the end of the video. He didn't escape the violence.
Prodigital
All Star
Can't even say I'm shocked to see the amount of overstanding I'm seeing in this thread.
I accepted this immediately as a satire on black people media representation and cultural glorification. It's not meant to be some philosophical narratives for hotteps... Just my opinion tho
Song bangs, video is dope, can't wait for the album
I accepted this immediately as a satire on black people media representation and cultural glorification. It's not meant to be some philosophical narratives for hotteps... Just my opinion tho
Song bangs, video is dope, can't wait for the album
You have to watch that video and the Kanye place sketch. In my opinion he's just saying that we are focusing too much on the distractions like social media and celebs opinions that we are not noticing what's actually happening to this country
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ryda518
Randy Orton=Legend Killer
Could the ending of the video represent a resistance or a revolution?
His character in the video represented a living form of "America". No matter what he did, he was allowed to do it but in the end he's being chased by the people going crazy after the actions that he caused.
Like the first half is how we are reacting towards America and the second half is what we should be doing
or i'm just reaching lol
His character in the video represented a living form of "America". No matter what he did, he was allowed to do it but in the end he's being chased by the people going crazy after the actions that he caused.
Like the first half is how we are reacting towards America and the second half is what we should be doing
or i'm just reaching lol
Even with all of the smiling and dancing and money and happiness it’s never safe for a Black man in America
Powerful video
Powerful video
ThaEruditious
She luv it over here like Gold Watch.
I watched Creed a few days ago and saw he scored that as well
The symbols he decided to use were purposely black. Can't ignore the symbolism he chose or the lyrics he decided to use. As you said it's a package.No. I'm taking the whole picture instead of just what I see in front of me.
You are literally contradicting yourself. Either you understand the reference to lynching and Charleston (white people) or you don't. You can't have it both ways.
Symbolism means you don't have to put something literally there. Art is full of symbols that are as much about what you as what you don't.
This painting is racist a fuccck but there's no obvious racist imagery. There's no white person in it.
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That's how symbols gets twisted and turned into something it's not. An ancient Indian symbol gets perverted into a Nazi symbol cause it's divorced from it's meaning. Or you have white nationalist trying to act like a Confederate flag is a symbol of pride. Divorcing it from the fact is waived over battlefields fighting to maintain a system of oppression.
That's not to say, art can't be badly constructed and allow for bad interpretations cause the artist didn't think through their concept.
Again. Symbolism doesn't have to point to one thing. Hustling "get money" black man doesn't stop the violence. The dude, CG, dancing is now running for his life at the end of the video. He didn't escape the violence.
Y'all wanna add a bunch of shyt to try to make it deep or to fit what you want it to be.