I honestly try to judge art on art and not personality. I haven't been a big fan of Beyonce and Jay-Z irritates the fuck out of me, but 4 is a great album, "Countdown" a blast of a song and the video a treat. So props all round, right?
Wrong.
Canoe.ca report that aceshowbiz.com report that Beyonce plagiarized "a routine from two of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's productions,"
canoe.ca quote as follows: "
Writing in a Danish blog, Keersmaeker says, "I didn't know anything about this. I'm not mad, but this is plagiarism… This is stealing. They took pieces from Achterland and Rosas danst Rosas. It's a bit rude, I must say. What's rude about it is that they don't even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because it's a famous work… Am I honored? Look, I've seen local school kids doing this. That's a lot more beautiful."
I think it is beyond rude, I think it is greedy, stupid and arrogant. What would it have hurt to reach out to the choreographer? Beyonce co-directed the video, it was her call, why would she not to the right thing and give publicity and show generosity to somebody she obviously respects.
Why would she just take it?
I don't know what is going on in these jerks brains? If she didn't think it up why is she taking credit for it? Doesn't she have enough credit without stealing from other people?
It's never enough, like the fake baby bump, the greediness never ends. Like playing a concert for Khadafy's kids. She wants it all even if she doesn't deserve it all.