In this video an 11 year old can be seen dancing to a song with lyrics which seem to be based around alcoholism and suicide. This meant that a lot of questions and controversy we're raised by viewers.
Some viewers may find it offensive that this young girl is dancing around to these lyrics, whilst wearing a leotard which is a very similar colour to that of her skin, which from a distance means that she looks naked at first glimpse. This also would of created a lot of controversy.
The young girl in this video challenges stereotypes of the stereotypical young girls aged around 11, as at one point in the video she pretends to strangle herself in the curtains. This in particular challenges the stereotype of young girls around her age being happy and joyful, as she acts out this sinister action of taking her own life.
It is also apparent that this young girl has been made to look like the singer of the song 'Sia'. Therefore self representation of the singer herself is in the young girl and also perhaps in the actions which she carry's out throughout the video.
It is likely that Sia used a child in the video rather then herself as she knew it would create more controversy and therefore get the video more viewings, and more publicity which would in turn lead to a larger amount of profits. The controversy within the video succeeded in getting it viewings as the video got 1 million views within the first 24 hours of its release.
This parody has been created using similar shot types and timings in order to show a clear representation of the original in some ways. However the character in the video has been adapted, to follow what would seem to be a more comical theme. First of all the character is not a young girl but is instead a women, this creates less controversy as stereotypically children are depicted as more innocent then perhaps and adult human being. The character in the video can also clearly be seen standing on two buckets whilst making faces at the camera in one of the first shots of the video, this highlights the comedy factor in the parody as at this point in the original the child is straight faced and is not standing on anything. This could perhaps be seen as the women in the parody's self representation of what she sees in the original character and perhaps even the singer Sia.
The creators of this parody have been clearly influenced by what they have seen on the original and have been able to take on their our representation of it using web 2.0. This proves that the original was successful in creating controversy as many people have gone on the make their own versions adapted from the original, and have still been able to gain many views. This particular parody has over 1.5 million views.
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