![]() Hence its warm embrace by lefty types everywhere. November 2 nd.”) Done in stark black-and-white tones-leavened occasionally by the muted blues and reds of a presidential power suit-”Mosh” takes aim at the Bush administration’s tax cuts (and the widening gap between the rich and the poor) its self-serving appropriation of the heroic sacrifices made by young soldiers and, most of all, the “psychological warfare” it has waged on those who “beg to differ” (hoping “to trick us into thinking that we ain’t loyal/ if we don’t serve our country”). “Mosh” is a pointed assault of the Bush administration and its disastrous handling of the Iraq war it opens with a plane striking a building off-screen and concludes with a horde of disenfranchised citizens and soldiers, dressed in black hoodies with their faces masked, storming courthouse steps in order to vote. “Mosh”-which is, in fact, animated-puts this talent to good use, capitalizing in part on the fact that reality seems like caricature to so many anti-Bush folks these days. Of course, it’s also slyly designed to needle the very liberals who love it so much.Įminem has long been one of the best musical storytellers around, with a knack for turning his own life into the stuff of enduring caricature. (Even Moby, whom Eminem gratuitously attacked on The Eminem Show, has posted a link on his Web site, enjoining fans to watch the video.) And they should: The video is a brilliant piece of agitprop. Eminem is once again back with a plan to ambush the Bush administration-in the form of “ Mosh,” a new video for a single to his forthcoming album Encore-and this time everyone is taking him seriously.
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