The Message Behind the Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs
Start at 30 sec. Stop at2:42
How does this video tell a story?
What is the tone of this video?
What is around the video?
What was the purpose of the video? What made you think that was the
purpose? Who created/ paid for this video? Do you think there are any other purposes
now?
Who are these women?
How is Earl portrayed in this video?
What differences exist?
How is the legal system portrayed in this video?
How realistic is this video?
If this was presented to you in another media how do you think it would come across?
Do you think the Dixie Chicks are promoting murder?
Do you think MaryAnn and Wanda did the right thing?
Do you think this song is appropriate for all audiences?
This album came out in August of 1999, do you think it was interpreted differently then, than it is now?
Would your interpretation of this video change at all if it had been sung by an all-male group instead of an all-female group?
Is anything off limits?
How are the demographics of this video?
