ken kwapis directed taylor swift out of the woods.
ken kwapis directed taylor swift out of the woods.
who directed taylor swift out of the woods?
ken kwapis
writing for npr, viviane rutabingwa and james kassaga arinaitwe criticized the video for "present[ing] a glamorous version of the white colonial fantasy of africa" and ignoring the brutality of colonialism. "[...] we don't totally blame taylor swift, but the people behind the video should have done a little more research. they should have wondered how africans would react. this nostalgia that privileged white people have for colonial africa is awkwardly confusing to say the least and offensive to say the most." lauren duca of "the huffington post" criticized the video for bringing back "white colonialism" despite the fact that both its producer and its editor are african-american. duca opined that "instead of the cultural appropriation that has become almost status quo in today's pop music, swift has opted for the bolder option of actually just embodying the political exploitation of a region and its people. it's brave, really. almost as brave as moving sensuously in the vicintiy ["sic"] of a real-life lion." lauretta charlton of vulture.com responded to these criticisms, writing "i am a black woman, and this week the internet says i should be angry because taylor swift's "wildest dreams" video is set in an africa full of white people...racists are very real. colonialism is very real. but taylor swift is not a racist, and her "wildest dreams" video is not a boon for colonialism. take a deep breath, exhale, and direct our rage toward something that matters." joseph kahn, who directed the video, responded to accusations that the video glorified colonialism, saying: “we collectively decided it would have been historically inaccurate to load the crew with more black actors as the video would have been accused of rewriting history. this video is set in the past by a crew set in the present. this is not a video about colonialism but a love story on the set of a period film crew in africa, 1950.”
wildest dreams (taylor swift song)
"taylor swift" was released on october 24, 2006 with eleven tracks. swift was highly involved in the album packaging, designing doodle graphics herself. she also personally capitalized specific letters in the lyrics from each song to spell out hidden messages, a feat she would also execute for her succeeding albums. on november 6, 2007, the album was released under the title "taylor swift deluxe edition" for a limited time. the deluxe edition contained three new songs: "i'm only me when i'm with you", "invisible" and "a perfectly good heart", the radio edits for "teardrops on my guitar", and "our song", and swift's first phone conversation with tim mcgraw. the release also bore new artwork and a bonus dvd with all of swift's music videos at the time ("tim mcgraw", "teardrops on my guitar", and "our song"), behind-the-scenes footage of "teardrops on my guitar" and "our song" music videos, and a performance of "picture to burn", among other material. the american retail company target released an exclusive version of "taylor swift deluxe edition", with performances of swift during mcgraw and hill's soul2soul ii tour. a third and final edition appeared on march 18, 2008 with the original album artwork, including the three new songs from the "taylor swift deluxe edition", as well as the radio edit of "picture to burn," and an additional pop remix of "teardrops on my guitar". this version of the album was also released on vinyl in 2016. a karaoke version of "taylor swift" was released on january 27, 2009, containing the first fourteen tracks from the album on both cd+g and dvd.
taylor swift (album)