I cannot believe I’m going to say this, but cancel culture has gone too far.
I have spent the last week reading about the uproar because of a song made by a problematic artist about what happens when a group of savage no-goodniks try and mess with the law enforcement of a southern small town. And the fact that there are people who want this song removed from video airplay but also want this song and this artist canceled makes my blood boil.
Look, maybe I’m not doing enough research into this, but I think people are just acting insane now. How dare anyone try and come at a song that is no only so pure and earnest about what it stands for. Furthermore, we’re talking about a song that came out over 20 years ago.
Can someone tell me why it’s only now that people are so upset by Will Smith’s “Wild Wild West”?
Released in 1999, “Wild Wild West” shows the pinnacle example of my favorite genre of music: a song on a movie soundtrack that explains the plot of the movie in the song. And no one is better at this genre than Smith, whose contributions for the first two Men In Black movies go to show that he knows how to act in a movie then go in the studio and show he can make rhymes about what he just acted in. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem may have an Oscar and is a great “explain the movie” song, but in this genre, Will Smith is the king, baby.
In the film, Smith plays Jim West. A desperado. A rough rider. No you don’t want nada. He’s a lawman, and in the wild, wild west, you do not mess with the law. He shows you what will happen when you mess with a small-town cop (“Swallow your pride, don’t let your lip react/You don’t wanna see my hand where my hip be at”) and it is not pretty. And, yeah, Jim West is kind of a lethario (“Any damsel that’s in distress/Will be out of that dress when she meets Jim West”), but that’s just a cultural thing, my people. Why are you ruining the small town experience not just for Jim West, but the ladies lucky enough to share his bed… er, horse… I mean, whatever they fuck on.
Look, you libs may not get it, but this is the way of the Wild Wild West. Shoot the bad guys. Bed the women. Dance with Sisqo. Vanquish a giant spider. And if you’re not ok with that America, then I’m not so sure I want you in my country.
Wait, you’re talking about a Jason Aldean video? Oh, that bullshit has enough racist dogwhistles to open a kennel.
Fuck that stupid song and it’s awful video. Go back to the turn of the century, put on some Big Willie, and let’s dance.
Fancy Boys Club 