village voice music editor, nyu adjunct, accidental blogging pioneer. i like loud music and room-temperature seltzer, and my dream job is to be chief fact-checker of the internet.Three “Video Phone” bits that should have been the clip’s lone visual motif.
• Beyoncé as M.I.A./Missy Elliott hybrid.
• Beyoncé as absurdly painted gun-toting Bettie Page successor.
• Beyoncé and GaGa, differentiated only by their shoes (above), dancing and dancing and dancing until one of them drops.
Everything else was pretty unneccessary! I know one doesn’t go to Hype Williams for videos that tell stories, but talk about 15 pounds of Technicolor shit in a five-pound bag.
(Also the song made me wish that I was hearing “Ring The Alarm” or “Diva” instead.)
