Washington
(ANI):
Singer
Erykah
Badu
has
come
under
fire
for
stripping
in
her
latest
music
video
'Window
Seat".
The
video
was
shot
in
and
around
Dealey
Plaza
in
downtown
Dallas.
It
shows
Dallas
native
Badu
walking
down
Elm
Street
while
stripping
her
clothes
off
one
piece
at
a
time
-
until
she's
fully
nude.
Elm
Street
is
the
place
where
President
John
F.
Kennedy
was
assassinated.
Badu
walks
between
several
people
on
the
street,
and
a
few
can
be
seen
staring
at
her
as
she
strolls
and
strips.
Badu
is
completely
nude
as
she
approaches
the
spot
on
Elm
where
Kennedy
was
shot
(which
is
marked
with
an
"X" on
the
pavement).
The
sound
of
a
gunshot
can
be
heard
and
Badu
collapses
as
if
she
has
been
shot.
Streaks
of
blue
"blood" then
spill
from
her
head
as
she
lays
in
the
street,
spelling
the
word
"groupthink."
A
Dallas
city
spokesman
said
that
Badu
did
not
have
permission
for
the
stunt,
reports
the
Dallas
Morning
News.
"The
production
company
that
produced
this
video
never
contacted
the
City
to
seek
the
proper
permits.
This
is
known
as
"guerilla
filming" where
production
companies
circumvent
the
proper
permitting
procedures
and
usually
shoot
these
scenes
in
one
take
knowing
that
if
they
are
discovered
they
would
face
arrest
and/or
penalties,"
CBS
News
quoted
the
spokesman
as
saying.
Badu
said
on
Twitter
that
the
video
was
shot
in
one
take.
She
also
said
that
she
heard
people
yelling
things
at
her,
but
she
kept
walking.
Badu,
who
has
three
children,
also
said
she
worried
that
she
might
traumatize
the
children
who
were
there
at
the
time.
Badu
has
reportedly
said
the
video
is
intended
to
launch
a
discussion
of
"groupthink."