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Post by Patrick on Aug 7, 2010 14:14:58 GMT
Rihanna, the singer who was assaulted last year by her then boyfriend, Chris Brown, has teamed up with rapper Eminem on his latest video, about domestic violence.
The star, 22, stands outside a burning house singing "I love the way you lie", while inside actor Megan Fox and Lost star Dominic Monaghan exchange slaps, throw stuff at each other, then start kissing angrily against a wall.
Eminem laments: "I laid hands on her … I'll never stoop so low again … I guess I don't know my own strength."
The clip ends with the house – and the lovers – engulfed in flames.
Rihanna told the celebrity website Access Hollywood: "It just was authentic. It was real. It was believable for us to do a record like that, but it was also something that needed to be done. He pretty much just broke down the cycle of domestic violence and it touches a lot of people."
The video, released online for the rapper's chart-topping single Love the Way You Lie, has drawn criticism and praise in equal measure.
Entertainment Weekly made its feelings clear: "Eminem's Love the way You Lie video: Domestic violence is AWESOME."
But a review in Billboard said Rihanna felt the song was something she needed to get out of her system following the "very public assault at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown". It went on: "The clip aims at highlighting the dangers of an abusive relationship and, indirectly, delivers the message that it's better to walk out before it's too late."
Eminem has often spoken of his stormy relationship with his ex-wife Kim Mathers and many of his older rap songs appear to glorify violence against women.
R&B star Brown was sentenced to 180 days' community labour and five years' probation in August 2009 after he pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna before the 2009 Grammy awards in February of the same year
A Good or bad thing?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Aug 7, 2010 14:23:02 GMT
I suppose it's better than singing about "slappin yo bitch cuz she did dis yo man" or suchlike. In a way, musical artists do have some influence on their fans...I once stole an "artists against apartheid" book when U2 got involved with it. I was against apartheid for weeks after that.  AH |
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Post by Weyland on Aug 7, 2010 14:55:37 GMT
Eminema. More than that, who can say? Hope this helps. |
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Post by aubrey on Aug 7, 2010 14:56:54 GMT
I don't think that Eminem ever glorified domestic violence, any more than DL Sayers glorified murder.
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Post by riotgrrl on Aug 8, 2010 10:20:07 GMT
I don't think that Eminem ever glorified domestic violence, any more than DL Sayers glorified murder. Eminem's various songs about the murder of his wife Kim were not exactlly apologetic ballads. |
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Post by Patrick on Aug 8, 2010 11:40:21 GMT
I don't think that Eminem ever glorified domestic violence, any more than DL Sayers glorified murder. Eminem's various songs about the murder of his wife Kim were not exactlly apologetic ballads. Perhaps he's trying to 'make up'? Very odd thing about Eminem - I seem to recall one of his songs was pilloried for having anti-gay/gay bashing sentiments. Next thing you know he's on stage doing a set with Elton John! Whether it's just publicity or he is good at adjusting the balance in what he does. I really don't know. |
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Post by aubrey on Aug 8, 2010 13:38:20 GMT
I don't think that Eminem ever glorified domestic violence, any more than DL Sayers glorified murder. Eminem's various songs about the murder of his wife Kim were not exactlly apologetic ballads. But they were fantasies. DL Sayers has a character in one of her books write a justification of murder, which is very well thought out and (in his terms) pretty unanswerable. But it doesn't mean that Sayers believed it herself. |
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Post by everso on Aug 10, 2010 14:03:30 GMT
More to the point, will profits be going to women's refuges or the like? But, anyway, good for anyone who tries to make people aware of domestic violence.
Domestic violence has only relatively recently become recognised in law. For years women (and, yes, I know that sometimes men are the victims of d.v., but it's usually women) have been punched, kicked and worse, and nothing was done to help them.
Men who record songs that seem to glorify domestic violence should be shown up for what they are (morons) and not treated like "stars".
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Post by aubrey on Aug 10, 2010 19:38:59 GMT
I really don't think Eminem was glorifying it, at least not in Kim. It's terrifying.
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Post by everso on Aug 10, 2010 23:51:20 GMT
I really don't think Eminem was glorifying it, at least not in Kim. It's terrifying. No, I know. I said in the first bit of my post "But, anyway, good for anyone who tries to make people aware of domestic violence." |
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