Gretchen Wilson's "Politically Uncorrect"
Recently I saw for the fourth or fifth time, Gretchen Wilson's video "Politically Uncorrect", and I have noticed that each time I see it, I become more and more agitated. I couldn't figure out exactly why until this week in class when we were talking about Wysocki again and visuals. Her lyrics are not what really bother me, although I could see the W using it to rally the Southern vote. http://www.fatlyrics.com/lyrics/1640/Gretchen_Wilson/Politically_Uncorrect It's the video. While she sings, "I'm for the low man on the toedom pole/And I'm for the underdog God bless his soul/And I'm for the guys still pulling third shift/And the single mom raising her kids. Okay it's not exactly the lyrics...It's the fact that the director has soldiers in the video, and people walking with signs that say, "Yes to prayers in school". One of the lyrics in the song is "I'm for the Bible". Okay just because you are for the Bible doesn't mean you are for prayer in schools....GRRR.
This video has also made me remember an incident with my daughter...A few years ago, shortly after 9/11, I was doing my imitation of Bush saying strategery or something like that, and my daughter said, "Mommy, you shouldn't make fun of our president." I was thinking where would she get this...Now I sort of know. Maybe she saw a video or some news clip or something that although the words weren't directing her, the images were. And I think of all of the country music viewers who are hearing the words to that and other songs and seeing the visual/image...Propaganda?
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