A few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to show this PSY
video of “Gangnam Style” to my 10-year-old niece (and her mother: my sister).
This was before it was the biggest video on YouTube ever, etc. (But just barely: I’m not claiming to be cool or anything.) So
we all watched it together, and my niece had some of the funniest comments to
make. They were really more like initial observations, like: “He’s spitting
Coke on that kid: Ew, it must be sticky!” “He’s yelling at her butt!” “He’s
sitting on the toilet!” (This was interspersed with lots of laughter all
around.)
The funny thing to me was that she already knew how to do
the dance from school, but she just hadn’t seen the video, and she didn’t know
who the singer was. And this is what it’s like with this kid: whenever we try
to introduce her into something new or cool, she already knows about it (unless
it’s from before her time, like Universal or Hammer horror movies, etc.). My
sister was debating whether to show her The Hunger Games, but she had already seen it at a friend’s house. So
now we don’t even know what filter to put on the movies anymore, since she’s
probably already seen them anyway.
BTW: A lot of people wonder why this PSY video is so huge.
I’d say it’s the same answer Jessica Rabbit game to Bob Hoskins when he asked
why she married Roger Rabbit: “He makes me laugh.” That’s why I love this silly music video. I’m just surprised that
GWAR stuff isn’t more popular if that’s what it takes. (They’re hilarious too!
{But adult.})
Oh, and another thing: The orange-haired girl reminded me of
my attempt to bleach my hair blonde in college: I have dark brown/almost black
hair, and when I tried to bleach it blonde, it turned the same color of TANG
orange as this girl in the video (Hyuna, I think?). Then I bleached it again, and it
turned hi-lighter-pen yellow. So if you have really dark hair, and you want it to be white-blonde like I
did, recognize that it’s probably not going to happen, unless you do multiple stages, and then you will probably get dandruff.
Oh, and that girl dancing in the subway by herself: I’m from
New York City, and I wouldn’t recommend she try that stuff there (at least not
alone).
Here’s the video you’ve all seen:
