Monster by
kanye West was released in October 2010 on Kanye's fifth album 'My beautiful
dark twisted fantasy' The music video displays both the objectification of
women and also a large influence on ethnicity and what can been seen as racist
behavior towards White Caucasian's.
From the
start of the video we can see sexism and images which could be seen as racist
due lifeless white women hung from their
necks in a provocative manner.
This also shows a strong notion towards the
action of looking, which fits into the stereotype belonging to wrap and hip hop
videos. Although not as explicit and vulgar demeaning explorations of the
female body are often shown such as in Jay-z 'big pimpin' and Ne-Yo's closer
depicting a woman dancing in a provocative manner around him.
The main characters
displayed in this narrative based video are all black African Americans these characters
represent the side of good fighting agenized the ‘Monsters’ images such as the
main character holding the decapitated head of a white woman depicts the exact
reason why this video can be seen as controversial.
Kanye West produced this song using his own
record label alongside the director Jake Nava an English born music and film
director who’s worked with artists such as Beyonce and Adele.
Although his video did display wrap characteristics’
through the use of sharp cutting and fast paced movements thrown in between
scenes it gives the feel of a horror film or a fast paced thriller. The video
holds a record for being the fastest banned video on MTV being banned after a mere
two days.
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