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04/08/09
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His work is incredibly derivative, and for people who give him props for his refusal to be politically correct, as though that was some sort of novelty, I posit that he hasn't said anything 2LiveCrew hadn't already said during the Reagan administration.
The only reason he's gotten any attention is the same reason Tyler Hansbrough does now. yeah, he's a white dude, but no one seems to notice how he flails around under the basket when Lawson, Ellington, and Green have all the nice moves.
04/07/09
I see he is back to spinning his Dr.Seuss-sounding homophobia. I don't care if he makes fun of himself, hate is hate. It shouldn't be tolerated.
04/07/09
Why does he get an exception?
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How about a comparison to the other rap videos for the grumps out there-THERE ARE WORSE OFFENDERS! Critics are just furthering his cause with more talk and hype. I can sit through & listen to this one, although I DO like his music especially the 1st & 2nd. I'm not offended because his art is a great way for him to express his emotions however intense and confusing to others it may seem. and 1st Amendment it benefits ALL of us
04/07/09
Enjoy his music if it speaks to you, but some of us are going to keep talking about why we disagree with it. Nobody's trying to haul him off to the gulag for expressing himself, and considering strong sales, numerous awards, and critical acclaim, haven't failed to temper his martyr complex, I don't worry too much that I'm contributing to it.
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It means something different when you are a man mocking a woman for her weight or shape or sexual behavior, than it does when you mock a guy for hiding his bald head. It references a famous misogynist magazine and the pandemic of violence against woman when a man puts a woman in a wood chipper. There isn't the weight of cultural baggage behind Eminem comparing himself to Rain Man. The execution thing isn't even a dig at himself. It's his same old martyr shtick, anticipating that the mean PC police are going to shit themselves because they can't handle how edgy he is for being a straight man who denigrates women and gays in a way that reinforces his position at the top of the power structure. I already saw this video the last time he made it.
04/07/09
uhhh...mission accomplished?
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I accept that people can enjoy his stuff without calling them out for "failing" feminism or not getting it (as some other people have expressed).
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I take it seriously as a woman and a queer ally because it contributes to hatred in our culture. And it doesn't have to be that way. Humor doesn't have to be at the expense of already marginalized people, especially coming from a straight dude who benefits from it.
04/07/09
Even if you believe his intent is somehow benign, the effect is not.
@eri401: Oh, how I wish it were true. When you're repetitively subjected to intolerance and hate, to the point such hate becomes casual, the assumptions behind it become all the more entrenched as you become more desensitized. Think: people listening to Rush Limbaugh as "background" on their way to work.
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I hope so .. gawd that guy and his brother/empire annoy to no other.
04/07/09
And I think that asian dude is Bobby Lee- who is actually quite funny.
04/07/09
Is he incendiary? Yeah. Controversial? That too. Sometimes a little behind the times? Definitly. But I'd still rather listen to his stuff than any of this ridiculous, repetative, derivitive nonsense they play on my local "party music" station.
That said, "Number One" is a better single than this one.
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This is why I love Hole, Sleater Kinney, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins. They pour their guts out, they're raw and brutally honest, but they also aren't sexist and homophobic.
Eminem wants to have it both ways. He wants to be the edgy guy who tells it like it is, yet he dodges criticism by saying he isn't serious. Which is it?
04/07/09
+ Watch video
That mofo is effin great!
04/07/09
Also, I happen to think the "fat Jessica" girl is gorgeous!!!
Very, VERY meh about the song. It's the same old shit that Eminiem has been doing for years. It's tired.
04/07/09