The video features Shia LeBouf, 28, and a girl from the Dance Moms show, 12-year-old Maddie Ziegler. If you haven't yet watched it, feel free to do so here:
Apparently a lot of people find the video "inappropriate" for implied pedophilia.
I heard about the problems people were having with the video before I watched it, so I went in halfway out of curiosity, halfway looking for what was supposed to be there.
And I didn't see it. Well, not explicitly. I can see where some people might think it was there, but in all honesty I thought it was just an amazing, raw, powerful piece of art, and I don't refer to music videos as art.
There is a feralness to both dancers, and while I'm first to admit I don't really know what the song is about, a sense of internal conflict seems represented with the cage and obvious friction between characters.
I do not see pedophilia. I see amazing talent on the part of Ziegler. I see maturity on the side of LeBouf. I see a lot of hours of practice and probably building of trust between the two. I don't see anything inappropriate (unless you are looking for it).
In fact, I looked up Sia's other video, Chandelier, to see more of Ziegler's dancing and was astounded again. While the interpretive style may not be everyone's cup of tea, I find the rawness of the movements far more attention-holding than the precise grace of ballet or ballroom dance (which I am not insulting, because all styles take a lot of ability and practice; you can take it from the chick who can barely two-step).
So, for this short little post, I just hope people can calm down and appreciate the modern-art-ness of this music video and stop trying to find something dirty in everything they look at.
Thoughts? Feel free to share.
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