June 5, 2012
Let’s Get A Few Thing Clear, Ri Ri

Chinese:

  • ribbon dancing
  • stone palaces and guardian lions
  • Wu Xu films

Japanese:

  • geishas
  • taiko drums
  • ninjas

Have you seen it, Rihanna and Chris Martin’s new video?

Dragon lady + Suzie Wong + Oriental mystical symbols + S&M = “Princess of China” 

Directors Bibby and Petty are obviously fans of Zhang Yi Mou’s films—Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; House of Flying Daggers; Hero are clearly referenced. Hey I’m a mega fan too, but good lord what has been assembled here?! A mishmash of Orientalist, pseudo-Asian—with a dash of fetishism—images that amount to what?  Some western White dude’s wet dream?? 

The only thing missing is the Ching-Chong font during the credits.

Yeesh.

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    ughhh never liked her to begin with
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    God, this video is a hot mess of orientalism. Also, the scene where they rip Hindu religious symbolism by giving Rihanna...
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    #a smorgasboard of asian tropes :| i didn’t watch it, and i’m not going to, but i’m sad ri was involved “some western...
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    Ugh. I love Rihanna but she’s been at this shit for a while now. Getting tired of it.
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