which sounds snobby smarter than what i mean, lol


You’ve got scenes of horrific violence happening in the background; mass murders, prison industrial complex, police brutality.
But Glover and the kids are dancing and entertaining right through it.

Which is kind of in the countries DNA: Romanticizing the Wild West vs Native American massacres. “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave” fight for independence vs slavery. Bringing democracy world wide vs bombing and supporting dictators that help our sphere of influence, etc. God fearing good people who want their guns as powerful and violence causing as possible, etc.

You could probably read deeper with Glover’s bugged eyes, the appropriation of African music. But there’s no more fitting visual treatment for a video called ‘This is America’ having R rated violence along with kids happily dancing around it.