The song, "Same
Love" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won best social message at the 2013
Video Music Award's for the support of gay marriage. They believe that everyone
is the same as long as you "Strip away the fear" because "...underneath,
it's all the same love." These lyrics from the music video "Same Love",
by Macklemore distinctly convey a powerful message to the world. Our world and
society is known to be judgmental by nature. We tend to hate and ridicule those
who aren't considered "normal". But what is considered
"normal"?
According
to the music video, it is "normal" to have heterosexual couples. The
scene of the young boy handing flowers to a young girl demonstrates the assumption
of societal views: the relationship between men and women. The idea of a man and
woman becoming a couple is what society expects. However, not everyone can live
up to society's standards. There are a lot of people who aren't considered
"normal". For that reason, we hate. "It's the same hate that's
caused wars from religion, gender to skin color, the complexion of your
pigment, the same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins,"
(Macklemore). Macklemore presents his knowledge of prehistoric conflicts that
still exist today in our society. There is no possibility to be
"normal", and in fact there is no such thing as "normal",
because everyone is different and unique in their own way because of who they
are. No matter how hard one tries to live up to society's standards, there is
no "true you". This idea can apply to Dr. Seuss's quote, "Today
you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You,".
It is like living in a dreadful life of someone who you're not.
The display
of Martin Luther King Jr. and the gay pride flag indicates liberty, equality,
and pride. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream" reveals
the infinite possibilities to end racism. The gay pride flag represents the ego
of homosexual people. Moreover, Macklemore supports gay marriage. Macklemore informs
us, as a society, we need to "Live on and be yourself".
Thanks Lisa. As I wrote to Rebekah, it was not the assignment to write a legitimate rhetorical analysis so I really can't hold you accountable for that. I really like how you make allusions to Dr. Seuss and MLK. These references give your response some depth and prove that you see the issue in the broader terms that Macklemore identifies. That said, in an actual analysis, you might want to stick more with the text. Your response is lacking a bit in detailed analysis of the video itself.
ReplyDeleteYou write this post well, but in future writing, particularly your research paper, you should review the rules of punctuating quotations. The MLA specifies that periods and commas will always be placed inside of quotation marks. Also, you really don't need to cite Macklemore, if it is obvious that that is who the quotation comes from. There are a couple other minor punctuation issues. These are not big mistakes, but they could potentially strike your readers as less-than-perfect.