Comments | kali921: I am struck speechless. NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

kali921

I am struck speechless. NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

Oct 09, 2010 15:19

Um. This entire entry contains NSFW stuff. Scroll on by quickly becaue LJ cuts are broken for me today due to some unfathomable issue ( Read more... )

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ceitfianna October 9 2010, 22:35:23 UTC

The cut actually did work at least on my flist. I'm kind of scared to watch this now, but I wanted to let you know that.

kali921 October 9 2010, 22:42:44 UTC

I'm curious as to your thoughts because 1) I don't want to suffer alone and 2) because the art direction is rather good.

ceitfianna October 9 2010, 22:51:33 UTC

After watching it, there's a lot of stuff going on in there. I see what you mean about the art direction, they use every space and everything really well.

Watching it I kind of feel like I need more context since its angry and so pointed in its anger. That's the part that sticks with me and bothers me.

kali921 October 9 2010, 22:58:53 UTC

Why so angry, Die Antwoord?

Thread 10

spectralbovine October 10 2010, 01:15:48 UTC

What...the living hell was that?

*Googles*

Aaah, they're South African, and that was Afrikaans. Although even the English was hard to understand.

But, damn, that really was a lot of penises. And why does that chick's boobs have eyes?? Aaaaah.

keeni84 October 10 2010, 01:54:22 UTC

Basically in the video, the boy is talking about how it is a ritual of his people to do male circumcision, and he doesn't want to do it.

If he doesn't do it, he's considered "homosexual" or "gay" because he never became a real man.

keeni84 October 10 2010, 02:02:36 UTC

After a quick search, I found more information ( ... )

spectralbovine October 10 2010, 02:23:36 UTC

Thanks for the background information! That does put a new perspective on the song. Without knowing the story behind it, Wanga's bit in the middle reads like he's talking to some guy who wants to have sex with him in a bush, to whom he must respond that he is not gay, you asshole, his penis is for women.

BoingBoing also has the lyrics with translations.

kali921 October 10 2010, 22:57:14 UTC

This exactly. This is what made me uncomfortable.

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kikuko_kamimura October 10 2010, 08:31:52 UTC

I'm really glad that the comments here had so much background information; I was about to be deeply offended about the implications against gays until I read them. I've always thought that, with most rap music (or at least the kind of stuff that offends enough that it goes viral) that if you take it too seriously you'll just end up sad that people who are okay with racism, homophobia and misogyny still exist ( ... )

kali921 October 19 2010, 22:20:37 UTC

Long overdue comment agreeing with you completely.