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Thursday, 04 June 2009

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John Kimble

A good variety of different types of abuse there. Very impressive abuse of men!

Rory O'Loughlin

what exactly do you mean by that?

Nigel

I agree that it is in poor taste. Though it is very much a copy of a Movie in which a deranged fan inprisons and abuses her favourite novelist. (Cathy Bates).

In her defence Pink's songwriting is refreshingly free of "poor me" lyrics. The song does actually portray the singer as a "nasty" person responsible for the departure of her partner.

Porky

It's aping of Misery is irrelevant - if this aping reversed the sexes nobody would be defending this creature. Also, just like a pill and the song where she whines about her family life are very much "poor me" songs.

John Bull

I didn't look at the Videos (couldn't bring myself to) but I've seen her previous offerings, which were (one in particular) just a 4 minute male-bashing fest. I mean that literally beating men up like she was in a kung-fu movie. Imagine a vid where a guy just kicks and punches women.

Kali

Could it not just be that Pink is simply trying to draw attention to the issue of domestic violence by attempting to elicit a reaction from men by portraying their gender as the one that is victimized? (And yes, I thought of the movie "Misery" straight away too).
I know domestic violence is a reality for men in some cases too but it is still more so for women.

Wim

I agree with Nigel here. The amount of violence in this video is of course so excessive that you should see the sarcasm of it. And in the end, Pink is portayed as the bad person, therefor condamning domestic violence.

Wim from Belgium

Retro Jordan

People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health.

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