Comments on: Beyonce The Copycat queen…

By: Rita Fletcher

Rita Fletcher — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:24:03 +0000

Beyonce has entertained us throughout the years with good music and great concerts. Big up. The world has for the most part embraced her. Thats alot of pressure. She’s performed all her life and may find it extremely difficult to produce completly true original art. Honestly I dont believe she has the time to do that. Its easier and less time consuming to redo/copy other people work. I mean lets face it, many artist do the same thing. Its becoming the new “norm”…sad but I think true. Copycat or not she’s the best at what she does.

By: FLOP NOT ON TOP

FLOP NOT ON TOP — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:34:24 +0000

MRK MY WORDS BEYONCE IS TRASH SHE IS ABOUT TO GO BANKRUPT AND LOSE EVERYTHING SHE IS A COPYV=CAT AND KERI HILSON CAN DANCE AND SING BETTER THAN BEYONCE!

By: OverIt

OverIt — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:41:10 +0000

Yes choreography can be stolen…it is considered intellectual property…that being said I think Beyonce is a great singer, ok dancer but more importantly the girl knows how to put on a show. Here is the thing with choreography much like written work, music, and photography….you can’t just see something you like and then copy it and not give credit where credit is due. It doesn’t work like that. You can’t steal an idea. So while I have nothing nasty to say about Beyonce, I think she needs to do a better job of crediting those that she is “inspired by”. I absolutely love that Beyonce has some of the most devoted fans out there but I am the same way about Michael Jackson, in my mind there will never be anyone greater than him EVER but even Micheal would reference seeing kids do this slide which later he perfected into the moonwalk. Beyonce or her handlers should know better, she doesn’t get a pass just because she’s BEYONCE b/c trust you me that if someone were to steal anything from her they would for sure hear about it.

By: DG

DG — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:08:19 +0000

Folks, chill…this site is a diverse site that features a variety of perspectives. Hang around awhile and read through the diversity of opinions on a wide variety of topics before having a heart attack on one article.

By: Amazed

Amazed — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:38:27 +0000

Wow! For a site that boasts of being founded by a scholar,this is a STUPID uninformed article!

The fact is,the Belgian Choreographer has herself borrowed EXTENSIVELY from others and never acknowledged that she did so! She stole from Nijinksy like the other poster said,but also stole from Yvonne Rainier,Lucinda Childs, Martha Graham,Merce Cunningham and many others! She also stole the costume for the work in question from Edgar Degas,and from the movie Flashdance,and took the setting and her hairdo from Flashdance as well. So she needs to shut up about Beyonce,because Beyonce acknowledges her influenxes WAY more than this woman herself has done. It is RIDICULOUS to criticize Beyonce on this woman’s behalf as she appears to have stolen whole segments of choreography from others in Modern dance…

And frankly,this site should support Beyonce for trying to add some culture to her videos,since it is OBVIOUS from the article that the writer needs some!!

By: CreoleKingLouisiana

CreoleKingLouisiana — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:57:06 +0000

This is some bullshit!!! Yall need to respect the greatness of Mrs.beyonce and stop trying to insult,diss,and degrade her because black folks are good for doing stuff like that against their own!!! Theyblackman or whatever the fuck you call yourselves, if you’re goignt ocall out an artists then make sure you call the others out too!!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:56:13 +0000

Funny Anne didn’t have a problem when little kids performing this did it. She had a problem when The Queen decided to do it. Not to mention she’s not even original. But you wouldn’t know that. In her ballet D’un soir un jour De Keersmaeker includes part of the Vaslav Nijinsky choreography of L’Après Midi d’un Faune and a snatch of the Antonioni film Blow-Up.

By: Jack mj

Jack mj — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:53:44 +0000

I have one problem with this story. Can choreography even be stolen? If so then all those who performed the thriller dance on video should pay royalties to the Jackson family.