I have mixed feelings about M.I.A.� On the one hand, "Paper Planes" is one of the greatest singles of the past decade.� But on the other hand, the song rose to prominence in no small part due to its place on the soundtrack to Slumdog Millionaire.� And fuck Slumdog Millionaire.� That said, it's been a long, long time since the music video has been relevant as an art form.� Her new song may suck (and it does), but the shocking video which accompanies it is a brutally honest portrayal of a world in which social justice is still much, much further away than most people want to believe.
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How else are we supposed to contain the ginger menace?
Posted by: Dabysan | April 26, 2010 at 09:50 PM
[this is good] [this may as well be Arizona, right now, and it only getting worse]
The redheads could quite possibly be next. Great video. Thanks for sharing. It's not far off from the truth out here.
Posted by: AmyH | April 26, 2010 at 09:54 PM
You're right...that song does suck.
Posted by: M-----l | April 26, 2010 at 11:27 PM