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| | Truth Hurts: Addictive - PopMatters Music Video Review |
 | | In that sense, by collapsing the two, "Addictive" convolutes and expands the boundaries of "evil" by making India part of an "anti-American terror network." After all, expanding "boundaries" is what the War on Terrorism is all about, as Ashcroft and Bush know all too well. |
 | | This is not to say that Truth Hurts is some secret agent working for the U.S. government, but that representation is always political. |
 | | While promoting her video in an interview with MTV, Truth Hurts admits she has "never heard anything like [Indian music] before," yet describes "Addictive" as "bringing some truth to the table." Complicit in cultural misrepresentation, contextual manipulation, and the reinforcement of stereotypes that impede understanding, "Addictive" is far from truth. |
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