I really thought Erykah Badu's video for "Window Seat" was cool. It was shot in her native city of Dallas, guerrilla style, all one shot. And it had to be one shot and in a hurry. She slowly walks to the spot where JFK was assassinated, strips her clothes off along the way, passes by people and children. . . then a shot rings out and she falls to the ground as if she's dead. In blue blood, "Group Think," is coming out of her head on the pavement.
She got tons of flack for it.
She says, "They who play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they don't understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel more comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become, afraid to respect the individual."
She says, "They who play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they don't understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel more comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become, afraid to respect the individual."
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