Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Lemon Kids

Beyonce's Lemonade is filled to the brim with abstract images and intricate color themes. Aside from being a part of the imagery what do they mean? Lemonade is an exploration of feminism, career and self across varying times and places.

Much of the visual album is based on Beyonces generational link to New Orleans, Louisiana. Fort Macomb is featured and used to display the persistence of history on the issues brought to light. Even the tunnels of the fort represented a part of history, the underground railroad.

However even with these ties there is no real divider between past and present or what is real or fake. However, there is no divider in the video that divides past from present, and what is real or fake. The visual-album flows from imagery of the bayou, to the colorful streets of New Orleans, then to Fort Macomb. In this way it portrays a dream Beyonce has to begin to solve the issues.

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