Vid: Sugarcane

[bop_radar]

Vid: Sugarcane
Artist: Missy Higgins
Source: Dexter, seasons 1 and 2
Warnings: adult themes, violence
Description: A character vid of Dexter's Deborah Morgan
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Lyrics: Baby Ballerina's hiding somewhere in the corner
Where the shadow wraps around her and our torches cannot find her
She will stay there till the morning
Crawl behind us as we are yawning
And she will leave our games to never be the same

So grow tall sugarcane
Eat that soil, drink the rain
But know they'll chase you if you play their little games
So run, run fast sugarcane

You see my peep show booth is handy
There is one way only mirror
So I can dance here with my hair down
But I don't see if you get bitter
And there's a button there right beside me
If I happen to want a wall to hide me
If only the ballerina had one too

So grow tall sugarcane
Eat that soil, drink the rain
But know they'll chase you if you play their little games
So run, run fast sugarcane

And she said
always be afraid
yeah you should always be afraid

So grow tall sugarcane,
Eat the soil, drink the rain
But know they'll chase you if you play their little games
So run, run fast sugarcane

You'd better run, run fast sugarcane
You'd better run, run fast sugarcane

Comments

[chasarumba.livejournal.com]

Boppy, there's so much to love about this vid! I love that it's a DEB VID (of course!) and I love how it displays such affection and tenderness for her without diminishing her strength. A few particulars:

- the flashback shots used in the first verse really lend themselves well to showing Deb's growth (a theme of the song).
- love the shot at 0:32 of Deb in the doorway in her hooker getup...perfect visual for a sugarcane growing tall.
- "always be afraid"...oh, I nearly cried here! Poor Deb, so damaged and not able to trust Gabriel! This is my favorite part of the vid -- you built up to it so beautifully and those intercut shots of her heart-to-heart with Rita in the bar are just the right touch.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

affection and tenderness for her without diminishing her strength
Oh thank you! That was very important to me, and quite a difficult line to tread, I found. I didn't want to cast her as a victim, but inevitably the vid deals with the fact that she was cast as one by Rudy, so it wasn't easy.

This is my favorite part of the vid -- you built up to it so beautifully and those intercut shots of her heart-to-heart with Rita in the bar are just the right touch.
Mine too. :) Originally I had more cut aways but I think her expression in that scene is so amazing--it had more power when allowed to stand on its own, I found. She's such an amazing actress and it was so enjoyable to vid her.