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Mariah Carey's "Obsessed" video "not about Eminem"
When Mariah Carey's latest single "Obsessed" hit the airwaves, speculation swirled that
the song is directed at Eminem as a response to his track "Bagpipes From Baghdad". Fuel
was added to that rumor's fire after stills from the video were released - photos that
seem to suggest that Carey dressed as Eminem for the clip.
But the video's director, Brett Ratner, insists that as far as he knows, the song - off
Carey's latest album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, out next month - isn't about Eminem.
"It's not about Eminem - we weren't like, 'Let's find an Eminem look-alike'," he told
MTV News about the stalker character in the video, which he originally wanted to be
played by Ellen DeGeneres. "We weren't talking to any Eminem [look-alikes]. I guess it's
a good rumor, but I don't think it's true. I don't really know. I never asked her, but
then when I recommended Ellen, that's where she got the idea."
Ratner had heard the Eminem rumors, but insisted that Carey never told him the song was
penned about the MC. The look Mariah rocks in the video was devised simply as a way to
hide Mariah's lady assets. "Mariah never talked to me about that," he explained. "You
know, Mariah ... she's like the most feminine girl you can imagine, so the more I covered
up the less work I had to do on the transitions of changing back and forth. I kind of
told the wardrobe guy, 'Let's bulk her up with layers and stuff' - first of all, to hide
her breasts, because they're prominent, and to kind of make her more boyish. A b-boy
made sense."
Ratner, who worked with Mariah on many of her videos including last year's "Touch My Body",
explained that the video was more inspired by two films rather than Eminem: his love
for the classic Martin Scorsese flick "The King of Comedy" and Carey's love for the
Lindsay Lohan flick "Mean Girls".
"It was inspired by a movie that I love called 'King of Comedy', when Sandra Bernhard was
stalking Jerry Lewis - and that's why I wanted to move it to New York," he said, adding,
"Mariah loves 'Mean Girls'. I think it's funny [when the stalker gets hit with the bus
like in the film] ..."
The director explained that so many of their collaborations show the funny side of Mariah
Carey because they share a special bond and are "like kids - we love playing and role
playing. We love telling stories and making movies."
"She's really like a kid. All her nuances ... she's like a big kid. That's what I think
we're trying to capture. It doesn't have to be all serious and sexy and everyone thinks
she's a big diva," he said. "She's very comfortable with me. And she's so smart. Like
Madonna, she knows where her light is ... she'll know if she's out of focus."
(MTV News)
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