Posted on 02/13/2012 12:04:30 AM PST by Pinkbell
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Nicki Minaj showed up to the Grammy's dressed in a Little Red Riding Hoodesque outfit with a man dressed as the Pope by her side:
This outfit later made sense upon seeing Minaj's performance.
Host LL Cool J said that the performance would be one that would be talked about. I wondered what kind of performance would be so great. Merely expecting just good singing, dancing, and stage affects was too naive of me. Minaj decided to go for shock value. The favorite way for the Hollywood set to do this is to mock religion - namely Christianity.
In the performance, Nicki is Roman her alter ego. Researching, I found this:
Roman Zolanski
This is bulls*t Roman, who is Nicki Minaj's alter-ego, was born out of rage and became quickly a frequently used ego by Minaj.
Roman Zolanski is a very agressive, rebellious, and angry young man. He is always honest about how he feels about something or someone and will always speak out in a rude manner against it. On the other hand, let's say that his heart pumps out rage into his veins. Nicki Minaj has said that Roman is her ego who doesn't have a f*ck to give. He will often speak his mind,making it clearly obvious who he speaking of without giving out names. He grew up without a father, and was very active in Church when he was younger and aspired to be an Actor. Roman Zolanski is a male, but many people think of the alter-ego as Nicki's twin-sister, because Nicki stated that Roman is like a twin to her. Though, the truth is that Roman is Nicki's twin-brother, and Roman represents always the more rude and angry side of Nicki.
Sexuality
Roman, who is a male, is homosexual. This is very important to notice, because Roman as well as Nicki always seems to get enraged by homophobes frequently.
Roman, got born out of Nicki's rage towards the people who are ignorant and plain hateful, and Nicki, who is very respectful to the gay community, states that Roman is indeed a homosexual male, who always seem to defend her (Nicki) and himself from the bad people out there, who try to bring them both down.
http://nickiminaj.wikia.com/wiki/Roman_Zolanski
Multiple personality disorder, anyone?
Returning to the performance, it begins with Minaj as Roman in a confessional. She begins babbling incoherently and singning, "I'm So Pretty" in a shrill, evil sounding voice. The priest is seen on the other side covering his ears and pleading with her to stop.
A video then begins to play on a screen in the theater showing an elderly lady opening the door to a home. A priest enters and asks where he is. She says he is upstairs and sick. The video then shows Minaj upstairs singing "I'm So Pretty" and maniacally putting on lipstick. The priest ascends the stairs and enters the room Minaj is in. She tells him that he doesn't belong there. He asks her her name. She screeches "Roman!" before zooming to the ceiling.
Now the actual performace begins. Minaj is chained to a board in a set which is clearly designed to be a Catholic Church. Men dressed as priests or monks are dancing around her. She sings, "Take your medication, Roman. Take a short vacation, Roman. You'll be ok." She then breaks free of the chains. The monks/priests dance around her in a sexual manner, some taking off the top part of their clothes. At one point I see someone in a bondage like suit simulating sex with a monk/priest on the podium. Two people come on stage in nude body suits and writhe around. A choir then begins to sing the Christmas song "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful". The priest comes out during this and attempts to perform an exorcism. He fails and falls over as Minaj "levitates" into the air rapping crazily. The demon in Roman is apparently too strong to be exocised by the priest.
I watched this in shock. By the time they started singing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", my mouth was literally hanging open. It stayed there until after the performance ended. If Minaj was trying to shock, she most certainly suceeded. Did she do something new in attacking the Church? No. Lady Gaga has done it before in vile music videos, one where she dresses as a nun, pretends to swallow a rosary, and has gay men simulate sex around her. Vile as it was, her videos weren't shown on primetime television on a major network. Minaj reached a large platform of the American public and the public in other countries watching the Grammy's. The performace, complete with fire and smoke, came off as a satanic ritual and complete mockery of the Catholic Church.
Reading comments afterwards on sites like Youtube and Twitter, one can find a bit of solace in the fact that a lot of people were disturbed and pointed out the performance for what it was. Don't mistake me, though, I found people defending the performance. Whether they didn't understand it or understood and didn't care is another matter, the latter being more disturbing. The other thing that is sad is that the producers of the Grammy's and a major network approved said performance, obviously okay with the derision of the Catholic Church.
We are living in an age where it is becoming more and more acceptable to ridicule Christians. Those who hate Christianity are becoming more and more emboldened, and it is further revealed when a performance like this is shown on primetime network television.
I’m still waiting for a controversial shocking act whereby an “artist” recreates an honor killing onstage.
How long will we have to wait for that?
This catholic bashing is so...overdone and boring.
Taylor Swift was amazing. I actually am a Katy Perry fan - when she’s not trying to out-gaga Lady Gaga.
I’ve never been a Taylor Swift fan, but that performance last night was fantastic.
And the line she added about “someday I’ll be singing this song at the Grammys”...that was too funny.
Well said. 80% of what was out there last night was terrible, although I did like the tribute to Etta James by Alicia and Bonnie. Other than that, Adele was the only other performance that I watched. Kept switching to VH1 and youtube for some real music.
My 12 year old grandaughter actually tuned me in to Taylor Swift. She’s quite talented. I’m just glad she’s a Swift fan and not a GaGa fan (I hope). LOL
Gaga looked ridiculous last night with her stupid scepter.
The contrast with the classy Adele, made her look even worse.
This whole “LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME!!” thing has, thankfully, started to wear on people.
Both Taylor and Katy perry got back at their evil nemeses in their songs. It was great.
But I just adore Adele. Wow.
Both Taylor and Katy perry got back at their evil nemeses in their songs. It was great.
But I just adore Adele. Wow.
Adele seems like a good person. Hope success in the music industry doesn’t change her.
Let's not forget that they open the Grammy's with a prayer that began, "Our Heavenly Father" with the entire room bowing their heads.
This Minaj girl was totally out of place....
Look up B.C.’s definition of “Claptrap.”
Gaga is stupid. She isn’t evn talented, much less imaginative. She should go somewhere that TV is state run...like China, or Russia...like that. What a waste of air-time that person is.
everytime Gaga makes a move, I say to myself... “oh that was Madonna 1988. That was Cindy Lauper 1985. That was Madonna 1994....”
She just recycles the 80’s and pretends she’s an “original”
Roman, who is a male, is homosexual.
So...she's a gay man trapped in a skanky pop tart's body?
Returning to the performance, it begins with Minaj as Roman in a confessional. She begins babbling incoherently and singning, "I'm So Pretty" in a shrill, evil sounding voice. The priest is seen on the other side covering his ears and pleading with her to stop.
Hmmm...maybe she's demonically possessed by a fiend who insists on publicizing it's psychodrama.
My wife would check it out occasionally (she was interested in a few particular awards), and I have to say it was like watching a channel 13 special from Papua New Guinea.
I felt no shared culture with the things on the screen.
I’m so, so glad I was not able to watch this trainwreck of a woman parade her mental illness to the world. What a pathetically ill human being. She deserves our prayers.
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