Nicki called a pop culture confection + Anaconda parody drag
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By all accounts, Nicki Minaj deserves to be parodied. She’s a larger-than-life pop-culture confection, a provocative bundle of candy-colored hair and meme-making shenanigans. She’s inspired everyone from Beyonce to British schoolgirls. She is, in short, a real character.
Baker essentially rewrites music videos to make fun of the artists in them — which could be an entertaining premise. But Baker can rarely muster any kind of thoughtful criticism.
Part I: “Anaconda” is indeed about butts. To point that out repeatedly in a response video is not nuanced, revelatory, intelligent or any of the other things we usually want parodies to be.
Part II: The words “****” and “*****” are gender-based slurs, deployed to (a) make women feel embarrassed for expressing sexuality and (b) communicate that a woman’s social and sexual value are basically interchangeable.
Part III: In this particular case, it’s also pretty oblivious: As many critics have noted already, the great triumph of “Anaconda” — and indeed Nicki Minaj in general — is the way she uses sexuality to slyly confront and subvert the male gaze. Only to be called a dumb **** by the men who ogle her.
Anaconda's impact & at them acknowledging Bey channeling Roman on the Flawless Remix
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at them acknowledging Bey channeling Roman on the Flawless Remix
