Melbourne,
(ANI):
Rapper
Kanye
West"s
new
video
clip
for
his
song
'Monster" has
received
controversial
responses
from
critics,
fans
and
commentators,
with
some
saying
its
awesome,
while
others
called
it
creepy.
The
nearly
six-minute
clip
featured
an
onslaught
of
depraved
scenes,
with
hanging
models
dangling
from
the
ceiling
on
chains,
and
West
rapping
while
casually
holding
a
woman"s
severed
head
that
is
still
dripping
blood
The
clip
is
the
work
of
Jake
Nava,
the
mastermind
behind
Beyonce"s
'Single
Ladies",
Kelis"
'Milkshake" and
Usher"s
'Burn".
Social
commentator
Melinda
Tankard
Reist
has
denounced
West"s
work
and
started
a
petition
against
it,
partly
sponsored
by
the
Coalition
Against
Trafficking
Women
in
Australia,
which
has
sought
to
ban
the
official
release
of
the
video.
“The
music
industry"s
portrayals
of
women"s
pain,
suffering,
abuse,
objectification,
and
victimisation
as
valid
forms
of
entertainment
are
not
acceptable,"
News.com.au
quoted
Reist
as
writing.
“The
clip
is
not
only
interested
in
fetishizing
female
bodies
it
revels
in
fetishizing
female
pain,
female
passivity,
female
suffering
and
female
silence.
“The
ultimate
female
is
the
quiet,
passive
female
a
mannequin
who
accepts
violence,
abuse
and
suffering
while
remaining
hot
and
sexy,"
she
stated.
Others,
however,
have
interpreted
West"s
video
as
a
twisted
fairytale
that
skewers
the
cult
of
celebrity
and
the
baseness
of
those
attracted
to
fame.