Mariah shows off Eminem obsession with scary cosplay
One of the world's crueler injustices is how Mariah Carey ends up more noted for her wardrobe malfunctions than for her skills as a highly proficient satirist in the vein of British greats like P.G Wodehouse. But this shouldn't strike you as a surprise. This is the same dazzling force who previously made glib, incisive commentary on the human condition out of horseback riding and a day trip to a carnival. Her latest jab at highbrow humor? Dressing up in drag!
Carey, who also inadvertently captured Obama's evanescent hold on America with her latest single, "Obsessed", decided that the video for said single would also be an opportune moment to strike back at Eminem. As you'll begrudgingly recall, Eminem is a fellow who has made a name for himself with nasal-sounding raps that frequently slice into other prominent people for one vague reason or another. Maybe because as a child he ran around the playground with his favorite Bette Middler LP in tow and all the other jerks picked on him. Sadness! And so, there he is: Eminem the Sour Puss. But here's where sadness turns to madness. A few years ago, he made a big old fuss over Mariah Carey because she wouldn't take him to the fall cotillion or whatever forum for public affection the rich and famous have for publicly displaying such alleged affection.
And when Eminem stood up - so tall at 5'8"! - and thumped his chest with his fists of fury and roared. He issued another outburst. Then Carey's husband Nick Cannon declared war on the rapper. And then, somewhere at a small, criminally overpriced liberal arts college on the East Coast, people wore a fucking green wristband for all the wrong reasons and chain-smoked some American Spirits.
However, Mimi is a big girl. And in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, she's not such a violent beast. So her revenge is simple: in her new video, she cross-dresses to look like Eminem and/or his target demo. And then skewers this alter-ego. Or subjects them to the backing track of her absurdly crappy new single. The plans are still sketchy. (BlackBook)
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