problems with the new christina agulera video


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Posted by whynotsmile99 at 24-205-35-62.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on January 14, 2003 at 23:29:39:

so i watched it today.(what? she looked hot in it). its for the song beautiful. i had some big issues with it. the lyrics to the song are below. my main problem with it is the message. the video and song is about how we are all beautiful on the inside, no matter what we look like (how original) in the video, many people prance around, each one having an attribute that apparently makes them "ugly" such as a thin boy who wants to buff up, a real ugly girl and two gay men. that was fine and dandy. my big problem came with the two other subjects in the video. a cross dressing man and an anorexic/belumic (sorry again for the spelling errors) girl. how can a song and video which is all about being beautiful inside, feature these two characters?! Anorexia and cross dressing is NOT something to be proud of, not something to find beauty in. They are terrible mental disorders. "i am beautiful, no matter what they say" is bullshit. they are not beautiful. they are sick and need help. It comes out seeming that this anorexic girl standing infront of the mirror with her ribs sticking out, is nearly accepting what she has done to herself, despite what she hears from society. this rub anyone else the wrong way?

"Beautiful"
[Spoken]
Don't look at me

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the fame, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone and the puzzle undone
That's the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words won't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words won't bring you down
Don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what they say
(no matter what they say)
When the sun is shining through
Then the clouds won't stay

And everywhere we go
(everywhere we go)
The sun won't always shine
(sun won't always shine)
But tomorrow will find a way
All the other times

We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down
We are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words can't bring us down
Don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today




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