• Write a two-page paper explaining how images of gender, race, class, and sexuality are depicted in your chosen video
o Brief introduction (1-2 sentences): Describe what you will be analyzing in the paper and how.
o Summary of the story (1 paragraph): Explain in broad terms what the video is about.
o Critical analysis (2-3 paragraphs): Taking a critical perspective, analyze the messages you see in the video. What messages does this video send about
gender, race, class, and sexuality? (Select at least two). Describe how the lyrics relate to the images depicted.
o Flip the story (1 paragraph): Imagine changing the key actors in the video along a single dimension (for example, change the men to women and the
women to men, or change African-American people to white people and white people to African-American people, change the young to old and the old to
young). How does this switch change the story? Does the story still seem plausible? Why or why not?
o Conclusion (1-2 sentences): Summarize the key points of your paper.
• Issues to consider: Who is the main focus of the story? Who is peripheral? Who has power in this story? What aspects of their identities give them that
power? How are relationships between men and women shown? How is violence depicted? How is violence sexualized?
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