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Arms So Freezy: Rebecca Black's "Friday" As Radical Text

by Dana Vachon Read Later

 

Rebecca Black wakes somewhat too perfectly in the early scenes of her viral video, "Friday." Her eyes open exactly as the clock beside her bed flashes seven. She wears full make-up. Rare for a teen, she isn

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The beating heart of "Friday" is indeed this hip hop Humbert Humbert with whom Ms. Black has joined in a meta-taboo of race, class and sex.

 

What we are seeing here is no mere rap interlude but a sly reference to the endless driving scenes in Kubrick

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