Rihanna Fights PTC Complaint Over 'Man Down' Music Video
Share
Thu, 02 June 2011 01:56:36 ET
The 'California King Bed' singer re-tweets her fan's message which read, 'If BET could play Man Down twice in 1 episode then its purpose of stopping sexual abuse was bound to spread okay. Great job.'Rihanna has flooded her Twitter account with supportive messages from her fans amidst controversies surrounding her "Man Down" music video directed by Anthony Mandler. One of her retweets read, "If BET could play Man Down twice in 1 episode then its purpose of stopping sexual abuse was bound to spread okay. Great job."
He kept filling her page with her fans' tweet, " 'man down' video is #deep. It takes balls to make a vid lik that and send a huge message! That shit is tru and needs notice." There is also, "It's about time REAL issues were portrayed in the media, not guns & hoes. @rihanna, high 5 for that!!" and then another one, "Man down video's message is so powerful that it made critics mad. lol keep doing your thing Riri! You're inspiring people!"
Before showing how the music video has inspired many people, RiRi shared her own insight about the clip. She wrote, "Young girls/women all over the world...we are a lot of things! We're strong innocent fun flirtatious vulnerable, and sometimes our innocence can cause us to be naive! We always think it could NEVER be us, but in reality, it can happen to ANY of us! So ladies be careful and #listentoyomama! I love you and I care!"
The "California King Bed" singer comes under fire due to the closure of the music video. In it, she guns down a man, who raped her, instead of reporting the assault to the authority. Although she mentioned that the video has a "very strong underlying message 4 girls," Parents Television Council disagreed with her.
"Rihanna's personal story and status as a celebrity superstar provided a golden opportunity for the singer to send an important message to female victims of rape and domestic violence," said Melissa Henson from PTC. "Instead of telling victims they should seek help, Rihanna released a music video that gives retaliation in the form of premeditated murder the imprimatur of acceptability."
In addition, another activist Paul Porter of Enough Is Enough Campaign and a former voice of BET said, "If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass and BET should know better. The video is far from broadcast worthy."
© Celebrity-Mania.com
He kept filling her page with her fans' tweet, " 'man down' video is #deep. It takes balls to make a vid lik that and send a huge message! That shit is tru and needs notice." There is also, "It's about time REAL issues were portrayed in the media, not guns & hoes. @rihanna, high 5 for that!!" and then another one, "Man down video's message is so powerful that it made critics mad. lol keep doing your thing Riri! You're inspiring people!"
Before showing how the music video has inspired many people, RiRi shared her own insight about the clip. She wrote, "Young girls/women all over the world...we are a lot of things! We're strong innocent fun flirtatious vulnerable, and sometimes our innocence can cause us to be naive! We always think it could NEVER be us, but in reality, it can happen to ANY of us! So ladies be careful and #listentoyomama! I love you and I care!"
The "California King Bed" singer comes under fire due to the closure of the music video. In it, she guns down a man, who raped her, instead of reporting the assault to the authority. Although she mentioned that the video has a "very strong underlying message 4 girls," Parents Television Council disagreed with her.
"Rihanna's personal story and status as a celebrity superstar provided a golden opportunity for the singer to send an important message to female victims of rape and domestic violence," said Melissa Henson from PTC. "Instead of telling victims they should seek help, Rihanna released a music video that gives retaliation in the form of premeditated murder the imprimatur of acceptability."
In addition, another activist Paul Porter of Enough Is Enough Campaign and a former voice of BET said, "If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass and BET should know better. The video is far from broadcast worthy."
© Celebrity-Mania.com
