Stewart Hall22x

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Award cere"onies lie the VMAs define and cr#stalli1e the pop culture of an era% The# consecrate the chosen

artists while leaving the others dwelling in the shadows of anon#"it#% As shown a$ove! the whole show was

heavil# per"eated with occult s#"$olis"! pri"aril# focusing on the /initiation aspect of it% 'h# is MTV

e3posing #oung people *who now nothing a$out occultis" to such rituals5 6s there a su$li"inal effect on the

viewers5 Are we educating the new generation to accept these s#"$ols as part of popular culture5 There is

definitel# a second la#er of interpretation in "an# of MTV’s products% To decode the s#"$ols is to understand

the inner-worings of the entertain"ent industr#%

I know there’s a bunch of details I didn’t cover – Be sure your to record your findings in the

comments section!

The 4igh 7riestess’ 'ords of 'isdo"

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Madonna’s ser"on

Madonna! the "usic industr#’s 4igh 7riestess! the revered /elder of MTV! opens the show

with a ver# sole"n eulog# for Michael 8acson% ,he ad"itted never reall# nowing or/connecting with hi"! $ut she was still chosen to pa# hi" tri$ute% Madonna is a wellnown and pu$lici1ed adept of the &a$allah! the esoteric school of 8udais" which is studiedin "ost occult orders% Ra$$i Ariel +ar T1ado e3plained how she uses *or a$uses &a$allahs#"$olis" in her "usic:

%& disco$ered that Madonna’s famous da!ing with sacred 'ewish mysticism has takenan interesting turn" &n her !atest music $ideo for the theme song of a new 'ames (ondmo$ie, the %materia! gir!) of o!d is transforming herse!f into a %*aa!ah gir!") Aside fromthe traditiona! Madonna !end of music and sensua!ity, in this $ideo we see Madonna hasa +o!y ame of -.d tattooed onto her right shou!der" Tattooing, mind you, is a practice

foridden under Torah /aw, a!! the more so ahorred y the *aa!ah" -ranted the tattoomay not e rea! or on!y temporary ut nonethe!ess, any expression of performing a

foridden act is itse!f foridden and inexcusa!e" nfortunate!y, Madonna’s ause of *aa!ah and traditiona! Torah 'udaism does not stop here" /ater in the $ideo we see Madonna winding !eather straps around her !eft arm in theexact same format and sty!e as ho!y tefi!!in are worn y re!igious 'ewish men" Tefi!!inconsist of a sma!! !eather ox containing scared parchments" These are then strapped toone’s !eft iceps, and the strap is wound down the !eft arm and around the hand" -ranted

Madonna did not go so far as to defame the tefi!!in oxes themse!$es" 1et, it is uite c!earthat the wrapping of the straps around her arm is done in orthodox Torah sty!e" This actof hers is pure sacri!ege")

Madonna’s tri$ute focused on the fact that M8 was /otherworldl# and /a ing $ut sheinsisted on the fact that he was also a hu"an $eing% 6t was wisdo" that could onl# $ei"parted $# the 4igh 7riestess% Me"$ers of the audience $owed their heads and "editatedon her words% The# had a deep &a$$alisitic resonance% The speech was followed $# a videotri$ute to 8acson! $eginning oddl# with Thriller’ and displa#ing the face of M8 as adeca#ing 1o"$ie! risen fro" the dead! on a huge screen% 'e then hear 7rice’s verse in thesong sa#ing:



%3arkness fa!!s across the !and

The midnite hour is c!ose at hand

4reatures craw! in search of !ood

To terrori5e yaw!s neighourhood

And whosoe$er sha!! e found

#ithout the sou! for getting down

Must stand and face the hounds of he!!

And rot inside a corpses she!!

The fou!est stench is in the airThe funk of forty thousand years

And gri55y ghou!s from e$ery tom

Are c!osing in to sea! your doom

And though you fight to stay a!i$e

1our ody starts to shi$er

For no mere morta! can resist

The e$i! of the thri!!er)

6t is onl# fitting that M8’s greatest was included in his tri$ute! $ut this did see" a rathergrueso"e wa# to start a posthu"ous tri$ute% ,o"eone! so"ewhere "ade so"e odd choices!

$ut this so"ehow fitted the /vi$e of the rest of the show%

Ta#lor ,wift’s 6nitiation

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/6’""a let #ou finish

Ta#lor ,wift wins the /+est e"ale Video award and goes up on stage to give her than #ous% &an#e 'est pops out of nowhere! taing the "ic fro" her hand! and infor"s her that+e#once has /one of the est $ideos of a!! time/% This scene has caused "uch controvers#and has earned &an#e the title of /;ouche$ag of the #ear plus a the honor of $eing called a/<acass $# the 7resident of the =nited ,tates% 6 "ight shoc so"e people $# sa#ing this>

$ut this /une3pected event was> ,TA)?; There 6 said it% ;id #ou ever watch a crapp#realit# show and had the gut feeling that the whole thing was scripted5 'ell! 6’ve got anoverload of that feeling while watching this scene% @one of the people involved *not even+e#once "aing her /6 can’t $elieve this is happening face are good actors% urther"ore!6’ve $een following &an#e’s career since his $eginnings and 6’ve retained one i"portant facta$out hi": the onl# thing &an#e 'est cares a$out! is &an#e 'est% ,o if he had to throw ahiss# fit a$out so"ething! it would had $een a$out hi" not winning% @ot +e#once% 4i"%

This scene is in fact Ta#lor ,wift’s initiation into what 6 call /The ircle of hosen Artists%The pupil is hu"iliated in front of her peers and told that she is not worth# to $e on thesa"e stage as +e#once! the .ueen of the cere"on#% Al"ost all groups! fraternities and

gangs carr# out an initiation process to test the recruit’s character! strength and worth%,wift’s ordeal was to have &an#e ruin her first award ever and to $e told that she didn’tdeserve this recognition% The rapper is nown for $itching during award shows so he wasthe perfect candidate to "ae it all see" /une3pected%

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