Kanye's Mistake

By now we all know what Kanye West did at the 2009 VMA awards. Sure it was disgraceful. I understand it was unfair to Taylor Swift. It easily would have been best if Kanye just kept his mouth shut, and I can think of a few songs where that is the case as well. But all of these glaring reviews of Kanye's reprehensible rant are really missing the point. The right idea is that Kanye shouldn't have done it, but it is why he shouldn't have done it that is tragically misconceived. 

His flailing fallacy came when he forgot to account for who was in the running for the award. Sure his beloved Beyonce video, which he seemed to like a little too much, was a finalist, but one of his perennial enemy's was a part of the group as well. I speak of punky pop princess Pink. Kanye and Pink have quarreled over some issues in the past, including a summer tiff that involved Kanye's excessive support of the fur industry. This set off avid environmentalist Pink.

The reason this was a mistake for Kanye is simple. Pink is scary as hell. We're talking about a girl who changes her hair more than R. Kelly changes his sheets. Her body is pierced more often than a dart board. I mean she is the Louvre of female body art. And Kanye had the audacity to put her already unstable emotions in a position where they could easily implode. Reports have it that Pink showed visual displeasure and was escorted away from Kanye after the incident. 

I don't think Kanye realizes what could have happened to him. Has he ever seen Pink's newest hit video, "Please Don't Leave Me?" Pink deceptively sings the words 'please don't leave me' to a well-groomed, trendsetting guy. As she does this she proceeds to find innovative and twisted ways to make his life physically, mentally, psychologically, and emotionally torturous. There is even a scene in the video eerily reminiscent of The Shining where the no longer gorgeous, tattered gentleman is fearfully locked in a sequestered bathroom, and Pink, with a demented smile on her face, is casually attempting to open the door with an ax. In the end of the video, the man overcomes Pink by spraying her in the eyes with an unknown substance that causes her to fall helplessly to the ground of the mansion's foyer a floor below. The conclusion of the video shows the man, generally appalled at the  notion of life, being carted off by paramedics. It then focuses attention to an apparently unconscious Pink who promptly wakes up and looks over at the petrified man as she pants, "please, please don't leave me." Pink does two things to round out the video:

1. Blows a kiss to the camera.

2. Scares the shit out of me.

Let's put it this way, Kanye. You sing "Amazing." Pink sings "Trouble." You sing "Good Life." Pink sings "Long Way To Happy." You sing "Gold Digger." Pink sings "Just Like a Pill." Your hit video "Jesus Walks" denounces violence. Pink's hit video "Please Don't Leave Me" harbors violence. In life you have to pick and choose your battles. I think it's safe to say you wouldn't win this one big guy.