brownie Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 From AFP: LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Provocative US singer Prince is stirring up controversy with the release of a new video featuring Oscar-nominated New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes as a suicide bomber. The artist's politically-charged new video "Cinnamon Girl" shows the "Whale Rider" star as a mixed-race schoolgirl facing taunts from classmates over her ethnicity after a terrorist attack. Later on in the four-minute music video, which features the teenage actress against drawn backdrops, her character appears to push a button to blow herself up in a crowded airport terminal. The video, due to be released next month, appeared on Prince's website less than three weeks before the November 2 election in which terrorism and the threat to the United States is the hottest election issue here. The lyrics of the song tell of the trauma of a girl of bi-racial descent battling prejudice following the September 11, 2001 attacks that sparked an initial wave of attacks against Arab Americans. "Cinnamon Girl of mixed heritage; Never knew the meaning of color lines; 9/11 turned that all around; When she got accused of this crime," the lyrics say. "So began the mass illusion; War on terror alibi; what's the use when the god of confusion; Keeps on telling the same lie?," Prince sings in an apparent dig at President George W. Bush's war of terror. Prince's representatives could not immediately be reached for comment. Castle-Hughes' agent Graham Dunster told the New Zealand Herald earlier this week that the scene was fantasy and the character was reflecting on the consequences of a bombing. "In the context of the song lyrics, there is nothing to be aggrieved about," he said. Quote
DTMX Posted October 15, 2004 Report Posted October 15, 2004 Not the first time Prince has stirred up some Controversy... Quote
David Ayers Posted October 16, 2004 Report Posted October 16, 2004 "Cinnamon Girl of mixed heritage; Never knew the meaning of color lines; 9/11 turned that all around; When she got accused of this crime," the lyrics say. "So began the mass illusion; War on terror alibi; what's the use when the god of confusion; Keeps on telling the same lie?," Prince sings in an apparent dig at President George W. Bush's war of terror Those are the lyrics? They sound like the explanation! I thought lyrics were supposed to imply things, not just stick them in your face. (Hm - I just re-read my post - I think I've got the basis of a pretty good song there...) Quote
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