Really interesting to hear your thoughts on this and why it didn't appeal to you. Thanks for the input!
I think your reaction was the one I was worried most about. Not yours specifically, but your type of reaction. This vid wasn't meant to be taken at face value at all. It was about Brian and the front he puts up. His defense mechanisims.
I know Brian really cares about Justin. I also know that he did just about everything in his power to make Justin think he didn't care. He was rude and sarcastic. He rubbed his tricking in Justin's face. In other words -- not an asshole by nature, but because he's overcompensating.
That's why I picked this song. Because the tone of the song is sarcastic and rude and Eminem is rubbing his tricking in the worlds face -- but if you look at the lyrics it's totally obvious that Eminem is overcompensating because his ex-wife cheated on him and now he refuses to set himself up to get burned again.
There's that one part where the lyrics say "Bitch if you died wouldn't buy you life" -- which is kind of similar to what Brian says when Justin challenges Chris Hobbes on the street -- but of course we all know what Brian was *really* saying in that scene was "please don't do stupid shit cause I can't always be around to protect you."
Oh, God -- I'm *really* overexplaining myself, aren't I?
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I think your reaction was the one I was worried most about. Not yours specifically, but your type of reaction. This vid wasn't meant to be taken at face value at all. It was about Brian and the front he puts up. His defense mechanisims.
I know Brian really cares about Justin. I also know that he did just about everything in his power to make Justin think he didn't care. He was rude and sarcastic. He rubbed his tricking in Justin's face. In other words -- not an asshole by nature, but because he's overcompensating.
That's why I picked this song. Because the tone of the song is sarcastic and rude and Eminem is rubbing his tricking in the worlds face -- but if you look at the lyrics it's totally obvious that Eminem is overcompensating because his ex-wife cheated on him and now he refuses to set himself up to get burned again.
There's that one part where the lyrics say "Bitch if you died wouldn't buy you life" -- which is kind of similar to what Brian says when Justin challenges Chris Hobbes on the street -- but of course we all know what Brian was *really* saying in that scene was "please don't do stupid shit cause I can't always be around to protect you."
Oh, God -- I'm *really* overexplaining myself, aren't I?