More than 50 million views in four days. Published on May 5, the latest clip from Childish Gambino, This Is America, is talked about a lot. But it’s not the number of views that is impressive. This is the clip itself.
In This
is AmericaChildish Gambino, or Donald Glover by his acting name (Spider-Man : Homecoming, Solo : A Star Wars Story Where Alone on Mars) addresses strong themes: police violence in the United States, legal gun ownership, or clichés about African Americans. And all this carried by a
captivating aesthetics.
Rhythmic, committed, bloody, touching… In this video, the rapper coldly murders a musician or gospel singers. Violent scenes that contrast with rather amusing choreographies. A way of to denounce the trivialization of violence in the media.
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