Friday, November 30, 2012

Man Down

Yesterday in class we talked about violence against women and men in the pop culture and the differences in how these subjects are viewed.
We discussed how easy it is for pop culture to depict violence against women, and how easily it is accepted. I brought up the point that violence against men, by women, isn't so easy to digest. I used the example from Rhianna's "Man Down" video.
This video was surrounded by controversy over the violence against the man in this video, but not much was said about the fact that he had assaulted her in someway. Not saying what the video depicts as "revenge" is ok, but the point that she was making was lost amongst the controversy of what happens to the guy.
I've included the video, and I want to know what you guys think about how her video depicts the killing of a man that victimized her.

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