Last night there was absolutly "jack s*" on tv so I ended up watching one of the music channels (vh1) after my spa as I couldn't be bothered with a video, and too my annoyance vh1 came back on when I turned the tv on, with the song I have been driven bonkers with recently in tv advertising!!!....yes...its Katy Perry with her "Firework!"...I had not seen the video before and was struck dumb by what I was watching!!
What were the writers/producers/director ect thinking of????
At best this looks like a badly done charity commertial...at worst its an insult to teenagers, who have problems or hang-ups and may well have the reverse effect of making them worse!! In short I think this video is dangerous!!!
I exaggerate NOT!!!
Firstly we have Miss Perry, a self boob obsessed, talentless bimbo, shooting fireworks from her tits, while simultainiously playing at mother Teresa...then we have teenager attacking his dad because his parents are arguing. Next we have fat girl at a pool party too embarraced to get undressed in front of her skinny friends, untill she gets her "firework" and strips...and then we have a child with cancer wandering around barefoot, while watching a teen mum give birth!!!!!!!
Im am sorry, but this is just SICK!!!!!!!!!...and thats before I start on the gay boy teen kiss!!!
This video is supposed to be inspirational but what we have here is a mish mash of gooey teen tripe, coupled with a "celeb" who can't sing a note, taking on a Micheal Jackson roll of "heal the world" in what turns out to be the most tummy churning tripe I have seen in a long time. But what really got my goat up was the teen mum birth scene! No attempt was made, whatsoever, to make the "mum" look older, and I can imagin teenage girls watching this and thinking "I will get pregnant and then I can have my firework!"...the girl in the video looks about 15 and her young looks are even accentuated by a pony tail too!!!
What kind of a mother would let her daughter star in this roll, well I shudder to think...as well as the effect this could have on teenage girls who want their firework!! ...Do the people who make this rubbish stop to think about what effect a pop video has on a young person??
I did some research into what teenagers really think about this by reading comments left on teen websites and it appears that todays teenagers are pretty savvy and dont swollow this crap, with most of them saying "great song...crap vid" I admit it is a catchy tune but the video is a disgrace in my opinion. Simply slung together by money grabbing media types who have nothing better or more important to do. Ironically the "Glee" tv show version is far better, and the young lady who sings it can actually sing!! Unlike Miss Perry who appears to screech just a moderatly high note. I could sing better, fast asleep and absolutly pissed off my box!!!!.........
..watch this space and I will prove it!! LOL!!!
Ok, rant over with....but sometimes I thank God I am 43 with a ton of life lessons behind me!! *sighs*