Kanye's Video Vixen Defends 'Flashing Lights' Clip
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Mr. West's video for 'Flashing Lights' has sparked a bit of debate on the internet. Fans have been speculating (read: arguing) on what the meaning of the video is, as well as if we've truly seen the final version. Depending on who you ask, some say it's just a teaser, some say it's to be continued, so MTV spoke with the video's leading lady to clear things up.
"It's so funny," Rita G, the clip's star, told MTV News about the clip. "This video will go over a lot of people's heads, and it's supposed to. I think it's great that it does. Because Kanye is just on another level; he's ahead of his time, in a sense. So all the third-graders who come home from school and want to watch videos and snap their fingers and all that, they're probably gonna think, 'That video is wack, but that chick got a fat ass.' And that's fine. But people in higher positions, they're gonna see something different. They're gonna get it, people who are thinkers."
To address the question of this being a teaser, sorry folks, this is all we get. According to Rita, the clip was shot in just four hours with a very small low budget setup.
"I didn't know exactly how they were gonna piece it together or how the final edit was gonna look, but all I know is Kanye was very happy, him and a whole group of other men, like, grown-ass men, standing outside in the freezing cold with five levels of clothes on shivering, me naked," G recalled. "They stood out there for, like, half an hour just watching the monitor. I'm like, 'What else is there to see? It's only three minutes.' They kept watching it over and over and over. He was so happy."
"I just think it's great to have a cliffhanger," she said. "It's great when the mother goose doesn't have to chew the food up for you and then feed it to you. Use your motherfucking mind. It's abstract. It's whatever you want it to be."
Just for the record, MrFrost has always thought 'Flashing Lights' was a song about getting caught cheating by the papparazzi. His girlfriend found out about the cheating from the press, drives him to the desert and kills him. The end.
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"It's so funny," Rita G, the clip's star, told MTV News about the clip. "This video will go over a lot of people's heads, and it's supposed to. I think it's great that it does. Because Kanye is just on another level; he's ahead of his time, in a sense. So all the third-graders who come home from school and want to watch videos and snap their fingers and all that, they're probably gonna think, 'That video is wack, but that chick got a fat ass.' And that's fine. But people in higher positions, they're gonna see something different. They're gonna get it, people who are thinkers."
To address the question of this being a teaser, sorry folks, this is all we get. According to Rita, the clip was shot in just four hours with a very small low budget setup.
"I didn't know exactly how they were gonna piece it together or how the final edit was gonna look, but all I know is Kanye was very happy, him and a whole group of other men, like, grown-ass men, standing outside in the freezing cold with five levels of clothes on shivering, me naked," G recalled. "They stood out there for, like, half an hour just watching the monitor. I'm like, 'What else is there to see? It's only three minutes.' They kept watching it over and over and over. He was so happy."
"I just think it's great to have a cliffhanger," she said. "It's great when the mother goose doesn't have to chew the food up for you and then feed it to you. Use your motherfucking mind. It's abstract. It's whatever you want it to be."
Just for the record, MrFrost has always thought 'Flashing Lights' was a song about getting caught cheating by the papparazzi. His girlfriend found out about the cheating from the press, drives him to the desert and kills him. The end.
"MTV News":http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581721/20080215/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssBloglines
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