Not sure if this deserves it's own thread but made the mistake of commenting on Fiona Apple video in which she screams "F Trump" at the end - I honestly did not remember her and asked before the song even got going...got bunch of anti-Trump bots attacking me now in comments. One mentioned she was raped at 12 and is a hero for surviving it and being an artist, another said I had s**tty music tastes and cannot appreciate good artists, etc etc etc...so I decided to go check out her regular material to see just who she is.
I search Fiona Apple, filter by # of views and "Criminal" from 7 years ago is top result. The lyrics sound like a young girl sexualized too young to me but I'm no poet/song lyric expert and the references are not nearly as blatantly sexual as the video is.
The video, on the other hand, could easily be interpreted as a young girl being sexualized too young and/or having done sexual things too young.
Long story short, as I was watching I noticed a brief and odd pizza reference at the 38s mark: https://youtu.be/FFOzayDpWoI?t=36s
Now, I would not have even noticed that before pizzagate...I know it is very obscure and probably not even noteworthy but with the tone of the video, her portraying a sexually active young girl and for no reason at all, they decide to put a 2 second clip of pizza in there? Seemed odd to me.
So my question: Is there a thread that serves as a catch-all for odd/obscure pizza references in pop culture? Obviously, the Miley Cyrus level stuff isn't obscure/odd but like I said, not sure this 2 second bit from a 7 year old video deserves it's own thread....
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SlackeryTurnBull ago
It says on her wikipedia that she had an eating disorder, so I bet the subtle nod to pizza was a psychological trigger to her young female fans about eating/obsession with food and being rail thin at the same time.
It also says she grew up in an entertainment family and split living between New York and Los Angeles and dated film director Paul Thomas Anderson early in her career. I think the Miley Cyrus/Olsen twins factor make this worth at least pointing out. Plus she's in the news now for singing an anti-Trump Christmas song, "Trump Nuts Roasting On an Open Fire."
STEvoats ago
Yes, that vid is what got me trolled and I went looking her up because I honestly did not know/remember her...just happened upon that lil blip in the process.
Good points, very plausible....betting there are millions of obscure things like this, was looking for a catch-all thread for them so as to not clutter up things or distract - never know if the obscure leads to a connection...best to mention than not mention?
Thanks