Monday, October 15, 2007

Maybe You've Seen This, But It Shocked the Hell Out of Me

Do me a favor and watch this video. You don't have to sit though all of it - you likely won't want to - but hang on until the first chorus and try to see who's singing. Whatever you do, though, don't scroll down until you've watched.



Okay, now....





...scroll....





...down....





Do you see? Do you see that that is Jada Pinkett Smith? Will Smith's wife of ten years? Screaming in front of a metal band on David Letterman???

Is that weird to anyone else? Or am I just perpetuating that hateful and harmful stereotype that you can't be both black and a twenty-sided-dice rolling, comic-book reading, lilly-white-adolescent-music-loving nerd?

GTD from 605***5047:
mom was wondering when you're picking up the boys?

3 comments:

c. g. said...

i wouldn't have guessed if you hadn't said look really closely. but the great cheekbones gave it away. yes. this is strange. but what i found upsetting is what i think she is singing about. am i hearing it right?

Anonymous said...

This needs to be filed away with Paris Hilton's and Tyra Banks's CD's.

Money does not buy talent!

Anonymous said...

...ummm, Ok....given that i live surrounded by cornfields and red-necks-in-polo-shirts-with-guns...and that i don't really stay in touch with pop culture trends...except via my beloved teens....i'll leave their response here: "WTF???"....

...my only reaction was...."is that choreographed head banging i see?"....