'Why Watch This?' Wednesday
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We used to have a feature here on the OurStage magazine called Watch This Wednesday, where we would round up the videos that had been kicking around that week for your viewing pleasure. Today, we have to institute a “Why Watch This?” Wednesday, in direct response to the time-devouring clips that have been put out lately.
Let’s start with no one’s favorite ego maniac, Kanye West. He and his famous partner, sex tape star Kim Kardashian, pretend to ride a motorcycle in front of a green screen, making us recall with fondness the Alicia Silverstone/Jeremy London pairing in Aerosmith‘s dumb “Amazing” video. Kanye and Kim are either masters of subtle satire or are the two least self-aware people on the planet. Place your bets.
Why watch this? So you can tell your grandkids that you saw and recognized the signs of the decline of civilization. This is the uncensored version. Don’t avert your eyes, coward.
Next up is Katy Perry, who is, as you know, the worst. This pusher of progressively bad music also fancies herself a ‘personality,’ and, not content to confine her creative output to music, she shows up on SNL, in commercials, and as the comedic heroine of her “Roar” video. Now she returns to her glam side with the official video for “Unconditionally,” which is what we in the smart-ass-jerk business call “pointless.”
Why watch this? Perry appears to be, literally, on fire at several points, which is something.
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