Blackness, Performance, Freedom
With Donald Glover at the helm of this episode, the audience is pulled into a parallel TV network that shocks, exposes, and tackles issues of the Black experience in America. Glover’s satire binds together a multitude of underlying messages. Current media repeatedly avoids gray areas. The binary of good and evil is something to cling…
Two of my journals have looked at how fashion impacts the message of music videos such as Beyoncé’s “Formation” and Childish Gambino’s “This is America”; for this post, I want to look at the clothing – or lack of clothing – in Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” music video; in light of reading “Sound Gestures” by…
“Erykah Badu ‘On & On’ (Official Video)” [4:50]. Uploaded by Erykah Badu. June 2009. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPCs7vVz6s > Accessed 10/29/19. “Solange ‘Almeda’ (Official Video)” [4:57]. Uploaded by solangeknowlesmusic. March 7, 2019. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6giKIu5jUvA > Accessed 10/29/19. “Erykah Badu – ‘Window Seat’ (Official Video)” [5:37]. Uploaded by Erykah Badu. April 2, 2010. Youtube.com < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hVp47f5YZg…
Misty Copeland “This Week’ Sunday Spotlight: Misty Copeland.” YouTube.com. Posted by ABC News. Apr 6, 2014 (Accessed 9/25/20). “Misty Copeland Dances Romeo + Juliet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux & White Swan at Vail Dance 2015” YouTube.com. Posted by Nel Shelby Productions. August 19, 2015. (Accessed 9/25/20). “Watch an Exclusive Clip of Misty Copeland’s ”A Ballerina’s…