‘Wonder Woman’ admits viral video she and other stars made at start of pandemic was in ‘poor taste’
How do you ruin the message behind a popular song forever?
For instance, it’s impossible to listen to “I Believe I Can Fly” or Aaliyah’s “Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number” without realizing prolific sex abuser R. Kelly was behind both. For almost 20 years, Stealer’s Wheel’s 1973 song “Stuck in the Middle With You” was a minor hit with a pleasantly hippie-ish vibe. After 1992, however, it’s primarily remembered for soundtracking an excruciating scene in Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” in which a psychopath tortures a tied-up policeman in ways unmentionable in a family publication.
Admittedly, those are extreme examples, and none of those songs rises to the level of iconic. Can you really ruin the message behind, say, John Lennon’s “Imagine”? And do it just by covering it?
Give it to “Wonder Woman” actress Gal Gadot: In 2020, she made a solid go at destroying the one Lennon solo song everyone knows. Now, she’s admitting her bad-viral video was in “poor taste.”
In case you’ve forgotten, let’s rewind to March of 2020, as the world ground to a halt. Those of us who could afford to were told (or forced, in some cases) to stay at home, bathe ourselves in hand sanitizer and wash our hands after every encounter while singing “Happy Birthday” twice. For many of us, this meant losing jobs or businesses — or knowing that, if the lockdowns continued, we’d lose them. Streets were desolate. People couldn’t get the medical care they need. Recovering addicts were cut off from support.- READ MORE
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