Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is definitely getting eyeballs on his new campaign video, but for all the wrong reasons. In the super cringy spot that was tweeted by his wife ahead of the Florida primaries, DeSantis does his best Top Gun cosplay while touting his superior fighting skills when it comes to engaging the enemy: the media. However, don’t be fooled by “Top Gov” (yes, it’s really called that), or rumors that DeSantis was a SEAL. While he did serve in the Navy, his military career was all legal work. In other words, he wasn’t flying fighter jet missions. He was working a desk.
Top Gov… Dogfighting… Taking on the Corporate Media…
“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen this is your governor speaking. Today’s training evolution—dog fighting, taking on the corporate media,” DeSantis says in the ad after being shown in the cockpit of a fighter jet.
“The rules of engagement are as follows: Number one—don’t fire unless fired upon but when they fire, you fire back with overwhelming force. Number two—never ever back down from a fight. Number three—don’t accept their narrative,” he continues.
When a United States governor pretends to be Tom Cruise for a campaign ad, you can already guess the reactions on social media. On top of flaming DeSantis for playing pretend fighter pilot, a surprising amount of Twitter users were old enough to remember Michael Dukakis driving around in a tank during his ill-fated run for president against George H.W. Bush. While it’s extremely likely that DeSantis will cruise through the primary, that doesn’t make the ad any less weird.
You can see some of the “Top Gov” reactions below:
This is so cringe. I literally am frozen in a cringe position from the cringeyness of this video. https://t.co/qJBP3J8htS
— The Nicest Boy on this Website and App (@bikivindaloo) August 23, 2022
I watched this so now you need to also. This is so embarrassing but indicative that DeSantis thinks governing FL is simply “owning the media” with his whiny, petulant voice. https://t.co/E4qQYGyXSG
When a headline mentions anything about “wrestling gators,” you might expect it to be the shenanigans of a “Florida Man.” However, this gator story takes place further west in Missouri City, Texas … and it was indirectly brought to us by the late great “Crocodile Hunter” himself, Steve Irwin.
“What a morning,” Mike Trinh wrote on his Facebook post. Trinh had been preparing to take his youngest daughter to her first day in middle school when the girl ran to him yelling that an alligator was at the front door.
Thinking it a get-out-of-school ploy, Trinh didn’t take it seriously. That is, until he saw the creature himself.
Luckily, Trinh knew exactly what to do, thanks to a certain wildlife icon.
“All my years watching Steve Irwin, I figured I can deal with any wildlife as long as it ain’t a stingray,” Trinh wrote. He shared with ABC 13 that Irwin was one of his “heroes” and he’d been watching him since childhood.
Trinh might have used what he dubbed “Steve Irwin tactics” including covering the alligator’s eyes and pinning its mouth closed, but he also added his own spin, using Brazilian jiujitsu.
“Once I got closer, I put my knee on it. In jiu-jitsu, it’s called ‘knee in belly.’ I had a knee on it, spun to the back, sat on it, and then grabbed the mouth,” Trinh told ABC 13.
And as Trinh learned from Irwin, “Once you grab the mouth, that’s it. It’s done.”
How does Trinh’s technique compare with Irwin’s? Judging by this video below, not bad.
Here we see Irwin making sure the the crocodile’s eyes and mouth are incapacitated, and making sure to stay on top of it. Although that second part wasn’t so easy—two other full grown men had to come in and assist.
Of course, the obvious caveat in all of this is Irwin was a trained professional and had been catching crocs since the ripe old age of 9. The man had successfully rescued hundreds of them, according to the Irwin family’s official website.
Plus, the Crocodile Hunter had the utmost respect and reverence for the creatures he worked with. Even in the above video, he put his own life on the line in an attempt to rescue wildlife.
Bottom line: Maybe don’t try this at home. Even if you’re the biggest Irwin fan of all time.
Still, it did make for a cool story. And it seems to have been a success. Trinh applied everything he learned from Irwin and even gave his daughter a lesson too, as she had to “tie up the mouth.” Seems like the kind of hands-on teaching style Irwin would be proud of.
Like many of “The Crocodile Hunter”’s famed catches, this Texas alligator got a happy ending, as Trinh was finally able to load him in a truck and relocate him to a nearby pond.
Sometimes you never know when the things you learn will come in handy. But when they do, it just might be a surprise that’ll make you say “Crikey!”
The sinking of the Titanic on April 14, 1912, is one of the most talked-about tragedies in modern history, and not only because of the James Cameron film. When a ship that’s been marketed as “unsinkable” literally sinks on its maiden voyage, it’s automatically a riveting story, even without any other details.
But the details matter. Each life lost and each life saved on that fateful night was a unique human whose story impacted everyone connected to them.
We don’t need a Jack and Rose romance to be transfixed by stories from the Titanic. One thing Cameron’s film did well was show what it must have been like as the ship hit the iceberg at 11:40 p.m. and sank in slow, dramatic fashion for the next two and a half hours, but hearing an account from someone who lived it brings that event to life in on a whole other level. When we’re watching a movie, even about a true historical event, our brains can easily pretend it’s not real. Hearing it described by someone who lived it doesn’t allow for that sort of mental game.
There are no living survivors of the Titanic left to share their stories anymore, but we do have recordings of them. One of those recordings came from a 1979 interview with Frank Prentice, the ship’s assistant purser.
The film footage from the BBC archive shows Prentice describing the moment the ship hit the iceberg—how it felt like slamming on the brakes in a car—and the part he played in helping people get onto the lifeboats. (There was space for 800 people on the lifeboats, but only 500 made it into them in the chaos and confusion. Even if they’d filled every space, that would have barely saved a third of the 2,240 passengers and crew on the ship.)
Prentice’s delivery sounds so calm, belying the traumatic experience he’s describing from 67 years prior. But at the end of the segment, the interviewer asked if it bothered him to talk about it. “I should probably dream about it tonight,” he replied. “Have another nightmare. You’d think I’m too old for that but you’d be amazed.”
u201c#OnThisDay 1912: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.nnIn 1979, Frank Prentice described how he managed to escape death on the liner, where he was working as an assistant purser.u201d
Anyone who knows the full story of the Titanic likely wouldn’t be surprised that reliving that horror would have an impact no matter how much time had passed. Only 705 people total survived the sinking, either being lucky enough to snag a space on a lifeboat or rescued from the water in time. More than 1,500 perished. Those who survived were fortunate, but they had to experience and witness so much fear and loss.
Even close to seven decades after the fact, we get a glimpse of that pain in Frank Prentice’s interview.
The sixth season of Netflix’s raunchy adult animated series Big Mouth is hitting the streamer this fall, almost exactly a year after the iconic Shame Wizard graced our screens for season five.
The upcoming season will focus more on the individual journeys of the central characters as they navigate growing up, getting older, and dealing with family problems…all while hormones are raging inside and hormone monsters raging outside. The series stars Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jason Mantzoukas, Ayo Edebiri, and Jessi Klein and will premiere on October 28th, with the potential for some guest appearances from the Human Resources cast.
Co-creator Kroll will also make his Netflix stand-up debut in Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy, which will premiere globally on September 27th. The special will feature Kroll comically describing his first heartbreak, his journey to fatherhood, and farting (obviously). From Variety:
“I could be wrong, but I don’t know if people think of me really as a stand up, because I’ve been doing sketch and animation and acting and the writing stuff,” said Kroll, who beyond “Big Mouth” and his voicework is perhaps best known for “The League” and “The Kroll Show,” as well as playing the geriatric Gil Faizon, opposite John Mulaney, in the “Oh, Hello” sketches that eventually turned into a Broadway show (also taped for Netflix).
“But I’ve always done stand up,” he said. “It’s always been in the background. It was 2018 and my girlfriend at the time, now my wife was like, ‘why don’t you do a special? How come you haven’t done an hour?’ I didn’t really have a good reason. Except of being busy with other stuff. And at that point, I decided to really commit to do a special.”
Netflix renewed its deal with Kroll’s animation company and co-creator Andrew Goldberg, Brutus Pink, which will continue to produce more animated projects down the road. A second season of the Big Mouth spinoff Human Resources was also ordered earlier this year, so it’s safe to say we will have some more hormone monster content for years to come. Hopefully with more Keke Palmer! Check out the Big Mouth season six teaser above.
The Los Angeles Lakers are among the many teams that have yet to completely fill out their roster, with a variety of factors as to why that is even with camp just a month away.
Like many teams, L.A. was waiting to see what happened with Kevin Durant’s trade request before inhibiting flexibility by filling out their roster. That door closed on Tuesday with the statement from the team that Durant was going to return to the Nets for this season and lift his trade request, which would all but assure Kyrie Irving is likewise off the market, removing a major trade target of the Lakers. Still, L.A. has designs on trading Russell Westbrook if able, and moving him likely means bringing multiple players back given his salary, and keeping at least one roster spot open remains important for that reason.
The Lakers currently have 14 players on the roster, meaning one open spot currently, along with a pair of non-guaranteed deals in Wenyen Gabriel and Austin Reaves. There are a few spots of bother on the roster, but among them is the point guard position where it’s Westbrook and Kendrick Nunn (who missed all of last season with injury) — and, LeBron James. If they trade Westbrook, they’ll certainly want to add another point guard but even if they don’t, that last roster spot may very well go to point guard depth.
Among the options for the Lakers is a familiar face, as Marc Stein reports Dennis Schröder, who rather famously turned down a 4-year extension in L.A., is a “legit consideration” for the Lakers with that final roster spot.
Re-signing free agent guard Dennis Schröder is a “legit consideration” for the Lakers, league sources say, depending on how the rest of their roster develops.
After one season as a Laker, Schröder played for Boston and Houston in 2021-22.
Schröder was dealt from Boston to Houston in the Daniel Theis trade at the deadline last year and has once again found himself without much of a free agent market — although, he’s not alone there as there are still 100 players waiting for a deal who had one last year. While he wasn’t tremendous in his tenure with the Lakers, he’s still an upgrade over the alternatives and does have at least some understanding of what it takes to play with LeBron James and Anthony Davis, which is going to be important for a point guard. Schröder also has history with coach Darvin Ham from their shared time in Atlanta early in Schröder’s career.
DJ Khaled’s albums are always star-studded and the upcoming God Did will be no different: Khaled unveiled the LP’s tracklist today ahead of its release this Friday (August 26) and it’s absolutely packed.
All told, the tracklist has features from Eminem, Kanye West, Drake, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Future, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Lil Durk, 21 Savage, Juice WRLD, Gunna, Don Toliver, Rick Ross, Kodak Black, Jadakiss, Roddy Ricch, City Girls, Quavo, Takeoff, SZA, Latto, and others, as well as production from Dr. Dre on a track.
Sharing the tracklist on social media, Khaled wrote, “The holy scripture. This is a gift to the world. This is a gift to the fans. This is a gift for us. GOD DID.”
Check out the full tracklist below.
1. “No Secret” Feat. Drake
2. “God Did” Feat. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend, and Fridayy
3. “Use This Gospel (Remix)” Feat. Kanye West and Eminem (produced by Dr. Dre and The ICU)
4. “Big Time” Feat. Future and Lil Baby
5. “Keep Going” Feat. Lil Durk, 21 Savage and Roddy Ricch
6. “Party All The Time” Feat. Quavo and Takeoff
7. “Staying Alive” Feat. Drake and Lil Baby
8. “Beautiful” Feat. Future and SZA
9. “It Ain’t Safe” Feat. Nardo Wick and Kodak Black
10. “Let’s Pray” Feat. Don Toliver and Travis Scott
11. “Fam Good, We Good” Feat. Gunna and Roddy Ricch
12. “Bills Paid” Feat. Latto and City Girls
13. “Way Past Luck” Feat. 21 Savage
14. “These Streets Know My Name” Feat. Skillibeng, Buju Banton, Capleton, Bounty Killer, and Sizzla
15. “Juice WRLD Did” Feat. Juice WRLD
16. “Jadakiss Interlude” Feat. Jadakiss
17. “Asahd And Aalam Cloth Talk”
18. “Grateful” Feat. Vory
God Did is out 8/26 via We The Best/Epic/Roc Nation. Pre-order it here.
Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
One of the benefits of all the advancements in technology we’ve seen over the years is that nearly everything has become more convenient. Even music festivals have seen the benefit of adopting a hybrid streaming option, because not everyone can always make it out in person. While my experience in this respect is limited – usually, I’m either there or I’m not, as watching a stream on TV just doesn’t appeal to me as much – I got the chance to compare the live and streaming experiences side-by-side over the weekend thanks to 88rising’s annual Head In The Clouds festival.
Held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena this year (moving from Los Angeles State Historic Park), you’d think this would make the festival extremely convenient for me as I headed over after watching the Drew League playoffs in Torrance. But that’s only because you don’t know those LA County logistics (Angelenos read “Pasadena” and “Torrance” in the same sentence and involuntarily cringed on the inside). It wasn’t that bad of a drive, though! It took less than an hour to actually get to the Rose Bowl and I was excited to catch acts that I’d only heard peripherally like Jay Park or that I’ve nurtured a burgeoning affection for like Audrey Nuna, who was billed for a joint set with Deb Never (a clever combination that I secretly pulled for, for like a year before they teamed up).
However, after running into a snag with parking, which was at least partially my fault, my girlfriend and I wound up running behind. Fortunately, this was the first time that the hybrid experience came in handy. While sorting out our passes, we were able to watch Audrey Nuna and Deb Never’s energetic set from my phone even as we could sort of hear their stage’s sound from just outside the Bowl. Watching them bounce around and trade sarcastic bars in their matching skate punk outfits on the stream, we still felt included, and the experience only amplified the excitement of getting in.
Once we were inside, we quick-marched to the 88rising stage to catch Jay Park. Park’s a name I’ve seen a bunch, but I’ve rarely had the opportunity to check him out and since I knew I was coming to see him in his element, so to speak, I decided it’d be fun to go in fresh. The eclecticism he exudes is genuinely fascinating to me as someone who grew up with hip-hop in the musically stratified ‘90s. My brain is wired to separate genres like rap and rock and pop into separate categories; it’s incredibly interesting to me to see how folks who grew up experiencing pop culture through a different lens synthesize those experiences and styles as if the differences were nonexistent. Park, who grew up B-boying in Seattle and spent a significant chunk of his adulthood as a K-pop trainee, has a completely different musical perspective that took me a minute to adjust to but was very enjoyable.
A fun aspect of going to festivals live is checking out all the food options. Here, because the target audience’s palates are a bit more diverse than usual, it appeared (to me, at least) that there were more interesting options than the usual pizza and fries. And while most festivals will have maybe a KBBQ bowl place or a Sweetfin pop-up, I’ve never seen squid skewers at a festival before. We opted for kalbi skewers and bulgogi bowls due to our orthodontic needs and snacked while listening to Filipino crooner Yeek from a distance. Next up was Mxmtoon, who I found charming. She reminded me of the sort of twee pop stuff that had a moment in the 2000s and 2010s, but with a bit more bite. It probably helps that her upbeat, infectiously sweet anthems are backed by chunky, four-on-the-floor, honest-to-goodness get-down beats.
The in-person drawbacks reared their heads as we left, though. Because the parking was set up on the massive golf course next to the Rose Bowl and there were few markers left to help guide attendees back to their cars in the dark, many of those heading home could be seen wandering the endless-seeming rows of vehicles with bewildered faces, doubling back, and even walking in circles trying to figure out where they parked. There weren’t too many parking attendants either, making the process to exit much more chaotic than it has been at comparable festivals like Camp Flog Gnaw.
That was something that we took into consideration on Sunday as the Drew League Championship Game wrapped up. Did we want to risk getting stuck in another situation like the one from Saturday night? Another consideration that I hate to bring up but must was the security check as we entered. You’d think that after multiple highly publicized incidents at festivals – including a fatal one less than a year ago only a 20-minute drive down the same freeway that goes to Pasadena – festival security companies would be hypervigilant about what all attendees are carrying into the fest. Considering that we were waved in without so much as a cursory glance in our bags on Saturday, I didn’t like what that assumed about the crowds or about the potential safety situation.
Which is why I loved that we could simply put the festival on via Prime Video and catch the remaining sets that we wanted to see, including Rich Brian, Raveena, and Teriyaki Boyz. Of course, we missed out on the excellent food and the shared sense of community that comes from being in the crowd rubbing shoulders with fellow fans. Experiencing it both ways, though, allowed that perspective to come through. Usually, by day two, I’m grousing about the dirt and dead foliage filling up my shoes and getting a little sunburnt from being outside all day. This time, I was able to miss the feeling of being outdoors and among crowds of like-minded individuals all looking to have a good time.
It turns out that there are pros and cons to the streaming experience, just like everything in life. Head In The Clouds is definitely a festival I’d want to visit again, but if I don’t, I know exactly what I’ll be missing out on – and what I won’t. Considering it’s still a relatively young festival, perhaps the kinks that kept me on the couch Sunday will be worked out enough to warrant hanging out in person for both days.
We’d never turn down a bottle or can of IPA, pale ale, pilsner, or some other style of craft beer, but there’s just something special about a fresh, well-made beer poured from a draft into a pint glass. It’s difficult to explain. The kind of thing that needs to be tasted to be truly understood. All we know is that if you sample the same beer in a bottle, can, or draft, it at least seems to taste different depending on the format.
James Bruner, director of production at The Bruery in Placentia, California loves beer on draft.
“Personally, I believe that all craft beer tastes better on draft,” he notes. “Generally speaking, this is because the equipment used to package it is a lot better at avoiding oxidation than is present in most smaller-scale craft canning or bottling lines.”
Other craft beer experts and brewers concur. So we asked some of our favorites to tell us their picks for the best beers to drink on draft. Keep reading to see all of their picks.
Very high on the list would be Allagash’s Tripel. At 9% ABV, this is definitely one you don’t just want to throw back, so letting it “breathe” in your glass is optimal. Fresh from the tap this tripel is pleasingly floral with hints of bananas, honey, and cloves, but as the beer warms up, you get a lot more of the bready maltiness; from start to finish, it’s delightful.
I think it would be impossible to pick one beer as my favorite. I will share one of the best beer experiences of my life though. While in Portland, Oregon for the Craft brewers conference several years ago, I had one of the best beers I can recall. Sharing one of the best meals I have ever eaten, at an amazing restaurant Pok Pok. While wolfing down the legendary fish sauce wings with a group of close friends the table ordered a round of Heater Allen Lenzbock (aka Maibock). I’m not sure if it was the company I was in, the beautiful spring Portland weather, or the exquisite food, but for whatever reason that beer sticks out more than any before or since.
The color of liquid sunshine, with rich nutty aromas complimented by floral noble hop nose and rich malty flavors. And just a kiss of bitterness on the back end.
Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale
Bell
James Bruner, director of production at The Bruery in Placentia, California
Bell’s Two Hearted holds a special place in my heart because it was the first IPA I truly appreciated and enjoyed, and I had it on draft at an Irish pub I worked at while attending undergrad. Its pronounced Centennial hop note with nice pithy citrus and hints of pine air freshener over the clean pale malt base with a touch of caramel, it’s a classic.
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point
Pedro Goicouria, community and partnerships manager at Veza Sur Brewing Co. in Miami
One beer that tastes amazing on draft is Grapefruit Sculpin from Ballast Point. A fresh tangy bitterness rounds out this very solid IPA. Citrus, pine, and just the right amount of bitterness. It’s a great beer, especially when it’s enjoyed on draft.
Russian River Blind Pig IPA
Russian River
Terence Sullivan, product manager and former brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing in Chico, California
Russian River – Blind Pig. It’s very drinkable with great fruit forward, citrus, and pine characters that I enjoy in a traditional West Coast IPA. The bitterness is pleasant, and it balances well with the moderate alcohol content… Making it one of my favorite beers to enjoy on tap.
Also, it reminds me of my early days in the beer industry, when I first got introduced to the Blind Pig Brewing Co.
Old Speckled Hen
Old Speckled Hen
Joe Pawelek, brew master at Wicked Weed Brewing in Asheville, North Carolina
Old Speckled Hen, especially served through a nitro draft system. It’s slightly malty and sweet, it’s best at slightly lower carbonation, and has such amazing aromas of bread, sweet grape nut, light herbal hop notes, and high drinkability.
Founders All Day IPA
Founders
Jeremy Marshall, brew master at Lagunitas Brewing in Petaluma, California
When I travel to the Midwest and/or even down to the mandatory annual Florida trip (have to check up on Florida Man), I am always very eager to seek out a draft pint of Founders All Day IPA. Even though it’s one of the OG IPA-in-a-can plays, there’s something really satisfying about having it on draft.
The hops just explode out of the pint glass, and it’s so meaty for being on the lighter side of IPA.
I was very excited to find Georgetown Brewing beer in cans a few years ago but nothing tastes like Lucille IPA on draft. I remember the first time I had this beer almost ten years ago when I was working for another brewery. At the time we were designing our new flagship IPA and our director of sales ordered me one when we were selling beer in Seattle. The server put the beer down in front of me, and the hops hit me instantly. It was this great ah-ha moment for me as a brewer, understanding how hops could literally pour out of the glass.
The hop flavor is always fresh, it’s dank, resinous, and incredibly citrusy. I might have to go find one now.
My favorite draft is Trumer Pilsner. Very clean pilsner, easy to drink, and is one of the beers that helped define that category for me as a brewer. It’s hard to beat a crisp, easy-drinking pilsner on draft. This is especially true if that beer is Trumer Pilsner.
Brasserie De La Senne makes a delicious pale ale called Zinnebir. On draft, it is especially notable. It is light and refreshing and still is packed with flavor. It has some light Belgian yeast flavors, but it is lightly done and blends excellently with the crisp citrusy hops. This one may be hard to find but when you do, it is well worth the search.
Really, any of their beers on draft are worth checking out.
I’m not sure if it’s still the case, but at one point Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on draft was a bit different than what is packaged in bottles/cans. The lower ABV makes it a really nice, sessionable beer while still maintaining the great balance of malt and hops.
I will never pass up an opportunity to enjoy a Fuller’s ESB on draft. This classic English bitter just tastes like it was meant to be on draft. The subtle carbonation, the sweetness of English pale and crystal malts, and that fruity herbal note of Goldings hops combine to create the perfect pub beer that goes great with most pub food.
Pilsner Urquell
Pilsner Urquell
Caroline O’Halloran, area sales director at Sprecher Brewing in Glendale, Wisconsin
Pilsner Urquell, there is just something about drinking a deliciously cold, traditional pilsner, out of a ½ liter mug. Pairs perfectly with spicy wings on a summer patio. Saaz hops are some of my faves used in Pilsners. BKC Story Hill has a full Pilsner Urquell engine installed on their bar and use half-liter mugs. Probably the reason I bought a house in Story Hill when I moved to MKE.
The Phoenix Suns will celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most successful teams in franchise history this season, as the 1992-93 squad led by league MVP Charles Barkley went to the NBA Finals, where they lost in six games to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
As part of that celebration, the Suns are joining the ranks of teams adding Classic Edition uniforms to their rotation this season, as they will don their iconic “Sunburst” look once again to pay tribute to Sir Charles, Thunder Dan, and the 92-93 Suns. The team unveiled the uniforms in a throwback themed video featuring Deandre Ayton on Tuesday, and will provide more info on when the jerseys will go on sale and when the team will wear them later.
While understanding that I am firmly in the target demo for these uniforms, I’m a fan of the return to the retro look, and with these alongside their Valley uniforms that are among the best modern looks in the league, the Suns are really nailing the “look good, feel good” thing. The Suns, of course, will be hoping that they can recapture the magic of those ’93 Suns — or, more importantly, the ’21 Suns — and get back to the Finals once again to try and bring Phoenix its first NBA championship.
In the wake of the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade, Dove Cameron has dropped the video for her song “Breakfast.” Never one to shy away from social justice matters in her music, Cameron aims to dismantle patriarchal notions on this song, saying, “I eat boys like you for breakfast.”
In the song’s accompanying video, directed by Laura Dunn, Cameron dresses up for a big presentation at work while her house-husband serves her breakfast. Another version of Cameron, dressed as a ’50s housewife, appears in a series of infomercials on a TV screen, while the programming is interrupted with present-day video clips of protestors in support of abortion rights.
Cameron said in a statement:
“I was feeling incredibly disillusioned watching the recent SCOTUS ruling and I couldn’t wrap my head around making a music video at a time when I felt so desolate. With this video, I want to show the disturbing contrast between stylized femininity and masculine power and the gender stereotypes that plague our social commentary. I want the audience to notice how strange it is to watch the roles be reversed and it was important to highlight how ingrained these roles really are in our nervous systems. This is a video to remind us that ‘how it’s always been’ should never be a reason for desensitization or upholding broken systems. Hopefully by re-contextualizing these familiar scenes, this video will encourage people to vote for a world where we leave gender discrimination as a thing of the past and stop bringing the past into the present.”
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Don Robbins
(@JohnnyPenagoss) August 23, 2022
