Blog Post 21: Thirsty? Here's Some LEMONADE

The video we watched in class today called "Lemonade" was interesting but it did not really catch my attention. I was into it for only a little portion of it. But what Beyoncé did with putting all of these parts of her album was very unique. I was not into it but it was still entertaining. I think it was a new kind of art in my view. I have never seen one of these kind of videos before and I give two thumbs up for the idea. Throughout the entire short film, all of the women including Beyoncé, were always lonely. There was only one part of the film where Beyoncé had a scene with Jay Z and another one with her dad. But all of the women seemed to have been broken hearted and were never surrounded by men. It explained that black women being left by black men has been passed down from generation to generation. This short film can relate with 'Song of Solomon', 'This Is How You Lose Her', but I can't really tell how it relates with 'The Crucible'. It can relate with 'Song of Solomon' because in the book, the black women in it, have no husband and are left alone with their family. It relates with 'This Is How You Lose Her' because men often cheat on their women and women have to deal with it. From what I understood, the meaning behind the film was that when Beyoncé was being cheated on, she was trying to recover and was trying to forget about him and wonder why he did that to her. Then she can't really handle it so she went back to him. In my opinion, Beyoncé was not weak for taking him back. I don't think she was weak because she actually loved him and because of that, she trusted him once again and gave him another chance to prove himself to her.