Wednesday, 4 December 2013

61.

'Smack my b***h up' by the Prodigy made in 1997 was rated number 61. 'Firestarter' was previously shown on Top of the Pops, someone phoned up and said that Kieth Flint needs help. This video is dangerous and on the edge. It appears to condone domestic violence. Directed by Jonas Akalund who directed the Cardigans video and some of Madonna's videos, it is unrestrained with a twist at the end. It is contraversial and shot in Point Of View throughout the whole video. We believe that this is the point of view of a man having a lads night out on a Saturday however the twist at the end shows it was in fact a woman. MPs wanted it banned and it provokes the audience. It is based on one of Akalund's evenings but amplified. It was shot in one night due to having low budget and marks the mid 90s lad culture of being a man, getting drunk and being surrounded by women.


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