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Open Thread: M.I.A.'s new video "Born Free"

Music post by Kjerstin Johnson on April 27, 2010 - 1:51pm; tagged MIA, military, music videos, racial profiling.
M.I.A. is not shying away from controversy in her new video, the latest in epic music videos that would never get aired on TV, and weren't made to (a phenom that doesn't look like it's going away any time soon). Cinematic but super violent, it's definitely a commentary on oppressive military governments and cultural profiling. To M.I.A.'s disappointment, it was banned from YouTube within a day of being posted.

Trigger warning: Contains graphic beatings, gun violence, and carnage.

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Tuning In: Sue Sylvester's "Vogue"

TV post by Alyx Vesey on April 16, 2010 - 11:01am; tagged Fox, gender, Glee, Jane Lynch, Lesbianism, Madonna, music videos, race, Sue Sylvester, Vogue.
The inimitable Sue Sylvester's rendition of Madonna's "Vogue."

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