This one is going to generate some serious discussion, methinks. (Click that link, above, or go directly to Badu’s official site: http://www.erykahbadu.com/; it’s her new video, about which you may have already heard some noise.)
Shameless self-promotion or audacious creative experiment? A bit of both? It is undeniably bold. The simple act of a woman (much less a black woman) slowly stripping as she strolls through Daley Plaza is political. And provocative. My first take is that this video is neither as visionary as some will claim, nor is it as outlandish (or offensive) as many of the predictable suspects will insist. Badu is about to get a bunch of people talking, and it’s hard to argue that’s ever a bad thing.
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