JUSTIN AND MINAJ

The nature of the film is light hearted young people enjoying themselves and why should this be viewed as anything but confirmation that young people do know how to enjoy themselves and yet keep themselves nice, in terms of being able to sing and dance without getting caught up in drugs and alcohol. Perhaps the footage was considered to be illegally obtained and uploaded however it may have been a marketing ploy which, to my way of thinking has successfully worked and having watched the clip a number of times I think I will watch it yet again!!!

            I believe that this video encourages us all to be young at heart and now and again society allows us to have a night out wherein we can let down our hair and do just that. I mean, we can always re-visit our youth and it is never too late to have a happy childhood. We may be growing older but in these modern times with wigs and make-up and accessories galore we can dolly ourselves up and pretend we are someone we are not and although tomorrow we may need to re-evaluate who we are, for the moment, why not step out of out our sheltered existence and reach out to others and engulf human warmth from another human being. Sometimes if we are confident with who we are, which obviously Justin appears to be, with some inspiring words of wisdom and the right dance music and the colourful costumes and entertainers in front of us in exuberant settings, we may just be able to reach past our own barriers and encompass another generation of individuals who appear to be willing to reach out to us.

            Instead of sitting back in our arm chairs and throwing a rotten tomato, how about we get to know the younger people and even take on board some of their ideas and terminology. Their invigorating manoeuvers in the pool certainly got my attention and I think that youth speaks loud and clear in this footage. Certainly young people wear make up and costumes however at the end of the day, when they take it all off, they still have beautiful skin and teeth which gives them a cutting edge. Perhaps at my age and stage, I am inclined to what to wear a mask and cover up the blemishes but you know what, now and again, you will find that when you let go of the façade there are people who recognise who you are and respect you for being honest enough to say that this is who I am. If  jumping in to a pool and letting our hair down encourages us to show off who we really are underneath all the layers then I would take a leaf out of Justin’s video and I don’t think that it was stolen footage and illegally uploaded, I think it was a wonderful move on his behalf to send the world a very positive message.