Thread: Bookmarks and Natalie Portman

Periodically I clean out my bookmarks and in doing so I ran into this youtube video of Natalie Portman, probably my favorite actress. I think it's from a SNL skit but I don't really watch that show so I'm not sure. I found this to be hilarious and thought I'd post it here before I toss the bookmark into the great abyss of the interwebs.

Warning: This is not safe for work. It is not safe for kids. This is Natalie goin gangsta.

Natalie Portman Uncensored Rap lyrics - YouTube

I'm still partial to her in Beautiful Girls. Great movie.

You’re making a good decision Kizmet … go ahead and toss it.

Originally Posted by major56

You’re making a good decision Kizmet … go ahead and toss it.

Taste is a pretty personal and subjective thing, so don't take this for picking on anyone. :)

That clip of Portman may be hard to understand outside of its context. At the time, Portman was considered a high-profile, high-class young actress on a rapid Hollywood ascent-- someone willing to take on risky roles for artistic prestige. Thus, to have her break down and do vulgar rap is a bit of a sardonic take on what was her accepted image at the time.

I thought the clip pretty funny, myself, but not something I would hang onto forever-- especially since the context has faded so quickly. You'd probably have to be either a hardcore Portman fan or a severe Star Wars geek to hang on to that one-- and people in those categories likely have captured the file itself and stored it away anyway.

And let's not forget her solution to the global economic crisis.

I suppose one can maintain most any vulgarism and christen it artistic, creative, risk taking, comedy, satirical, etc, etc. etc. Nonetheless, whatever the reasoning and/or rationalization behind the video clip link and its subsequent posting … I consider the video no more than crude profanity masquerading as humor and unbefitting as a posting on a distance learning discussion board … inappropriate even if veiled as off-topic discussion.

Originally Posted by major56

I suppose one can maintain most any vulgarism and christen it artistic, creative, risk taking, comedy, satirical, etc, etc. etc. Nonetheless, whatever the reasoning and/or rationalization behind the video clip link and its subsequent posting … I consider the video no more than crude profanity masquerading as humor and unbefitting as a posting on a distance learning discussion board … inappropriate even if veiled as off-topic discussion.

Yeah, but I bet you watched it 7 times . . . just to be sure.