Anytime I see something searingly embarrassing, I like to think about the events that lead up to it. Like, if you're a white 40-something woman from the south and "hip hop is who you are", there's a very good chance that you told your friends you were going to make a hip hop instructional video. And there's a very good chance that they had an opportunity to be honest with you about what a horrible idea it was. And when you explain your vision to the camera crew that you hire, they also have an opportunity to tell you it's the worst thing they've ever heard.
But when someone has a dream (or are paying you), we're often too polite to be honest about what will surely be a disaster, ripe for mass mocking. And this is the result of surrounding yourself with people who can't be straight with you:
Props to Tiffany for finding this video!
She looks like she's warming up before a soccer game.
ReplyDeleteOuch. Was there no one around to stop her? For some reason I picture this as a teaching video from the 22nd century, where the anthropology professor is explaining the concept of hip-hop to her class- and completely misses the point.
ReplyDeleteHORRIFYING!
ReplyDeleteGod - she reminds me of Steve Martin in "The Jerk" - where he thought he was black despite his skin colour and total lack of rhythm. Creepily embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteOh my. That was embarrassing just to watch... Honestly, somebody give that woman a whollop.
ReplyDeletewow...just...wow. This reminds me a bit of the early '90s when the song "Jump" was everywhere for a minute. All of a sudden all the super white kids in my very rural midwestern high school had their pants on backwards. Except me. Dumbasses.
ReplyDeleteWatching this makes me horribly uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteYIKES!
Have you checked out the website? It gets so much better.
ReplyDeleteI had to stop the video. I couldn't handle any more of it -- the horror! Someone went and took hip hop classes at the local community centre!
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