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Sia's "Elastic Heart" video "controversy"
Jan. 10th, 2015 10:03 amI usually could care less about music videos and such, but I really liked the song 'Elastic Heart' so when I saw this article pop up on my "what's trending" email, I clicked through.
Sia apologizes for controversial Elastic Heart video
Sia's Elastic Heart Video is Art Not Pedophilia
I feel bad that people watched this video, which is clearly just interpretive dance, and all they could see in their minds was SEX! I don't think there was anything inherently sexual about this video. I mean, it's weird if you don't know the song lyrics or the context, but just watching it I wasn't like "oooh this is sexy". As the second article says, touching does not automatically equal lust.
I feel even worse for Sia, trying to bring some art into a form that tends to be either concert videos or images that have nothing to do with the song.
I dunno, what do you all think? I'm sure if someone has a history of sexual abuse, **maybe** this would trigger something? But we all have things that are triggers that can't be helped, things in our past that make us upset. There are plenty of other images pushed out by the entertainment industry that are blatantly meant to push boundaries and sometimes purposefully use images that are triggers, but I think this is just artsy dance stuff.
(also, I hadn't seen the video for 'Chandelier' and I watched that afterwards as many of the comments pointed out that the girl dancer was featured in that video as well playing Sia. Her dancing is mesmerizing to me. At once graceful and wild. And I'm not usually into the sort of thing.
Sia apologizes for controversial Elastic Heart video
Sia's Elastic Heart Video is Art Not Pedophilia
I feel bad that people watched this video, which is clearly just interpretive dance, and all they could see in their minds was SEX! I don't think there was anything inherently sexual about this video. I mean, it's weird if you don't know the song lyrics or the context, but just watching it I wasn't like "oooh this is sexy". As the second article says, touching does not automatically equal lust.
I feel even worse for Sia, trying to bring some art into a form that tends to be either concert videos or images that have nothing to do with the song.
I dunno, what do you all think? I'm sure if someone has a history of sexual abuse, **maybe** this would trigger something? But we all have things that are triggers that can't be helped, things in our past that make us upset. There are plenty of other images pushed out by the entertainment industry that are blatantly meant to push boundaries and sometimes purposefully use images that are triggers, but I think this is just artsy dance stuff.
(also, I hadn't seen the video for 'Chandelier' and I watched that afterwards as many of the comments pointed out that the girl dancer was featured in that video as well playing Sia. Her dancing is mesmerizing to me. At once graceful and wild. And I'm not usually into the sort of thing.