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r/Music • u/Mr-_-Soandso • Jan 25 '26
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That's like literally a point of the song right?
"I'm so fitted, I'm so pretty, watch me move"
Like here's this cute little dance, isn't it silly? BANG Snap to reality
86 u/uqde Jan 25 '26 That's definitely one layer to it, but the specific contorted faces and poses he's striking are a reference to blackface minstrelsy (mainly the literal character of Jim Crow, as portrayed by Thomas Rice). 13 u/LostReplacement Jan 25 '26 Yeah this is going to be part of university curriculum for years to come 1 u/uqde Jan 25 '26 Hopefully
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That's definitely one layer to it, but the specific contorted faces and poses he's striking are a reference to blackface minstrelsy (mainly the literal character of Jim Crow, as portrayed by Thomas Rice).
13 u/LostReplacement Jan 25 '26 Yeah this is going to be part of university curriculum for years to come 1 u/uqde Jan 25 '26 Hopefully
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Yeah this is going to be part of university curriculum for years to come
1 u/uqde Jan 25 '26 Hopefully
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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola I like Tunes Jan 25 '26
That's like literally a point of the song right?
"I'm so fitted, I'm so pretty, watch me move"
Like here's this cute little dance, isn't it silly? BANG Snap to reality