Rihanna has turned heads this week
as the British GQ magazine has been suspended around media websites. On the
cover of the December issue of British GQ Rihanna posed nude with snake hair
and a python around her neck. Rihanna tweeted prior and post photo shot
proclaiming her love for such a dangerous species and power, which only added
to the controversy surrounding the photo.
This photo is very symbolic;
Brummett explains that symbols can express various things. Medusa who is
notorious for not only being beautiful but also turning those who looked at her
into stone creates a very intense photo. The big question is what is Rihanna
trying to get across? This has been very controversial and has many people
wondering what she is symbolizing. Interpreting this photo is difficult due to
the number of symbolic principles. However, the red flag that is apparent to me
is what her tweet stated after she took the photo. Rihanna states “Medusa head
on me like I’m ‘luminate!!!!” One of the biggest controversies in R&B history
is the notion of the illuminati, an organization that is said to be a secret
organization of the most powerful and influential elite in the world. This organization has demonic ties and is
very satanic. People attribute very negative connotations to the illuminati and
by her so boldly stating what she did it draws very negative attention. After
reading her tweet, looking back on the photo it seems as if her attentions was
to draw attention and get people to over think her intentions.
Assuming the photo would get
attention the photographer posted a side not as to why he chose Medusa. He
sates that he has been working on a project for four years in which his subject
matter has been Medusa. There might not be any meaning to Rihanna’s photo, but she
did want attention and now she’s getting it!
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I feel as though people are over analyzing the photo and it's just a way for Rihanna to maintain her bad girl image and just another way to express himself.
ReplyDeleteNot knowing the context behind Rihanna and other celebrity news, here is what I could see. With the extremes that many celebrities are taking to get attention, and to expand their brand they continue to push the envelope. If someone wants more media coverage, they will need to change their image just as drastically as Miley Cyrus did to gather her new following.
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