Eff the Parent Television Council

Ahem, I'm sorry, Parent TV Council but who the hell are you? I've never heard of you before up until today. And I'm pretty sure it goes the same for the rest of the world. So who exactly do you think you are telling celebrities how they should go forth on their own music videos??

I was going to do a recap of Man Down, a new music video brought to you by the one and only amazing Rihanna, but instead I'm just going to give you the ENTIRE story of what happened and the claims that were made against the Man Down video. But for those who haven't seen it yet, to go from long story short:

It starts off with a man walking in, I'm going to assume it's some central station, because that's what it says in the lyrics and he is gunned down. Then you see Rihanna's character looking all sad but relieved. Then there's a flashback to the day beforehand where you see Rihanna's character looking all happy, riding her bike down her neighborhood with her friends, socializing with everyone on the streets. She looks like your average happy social butterfly.

Night falls, and Rihanna goes to a club and she's dancing around, because let's face it: We all dance around, provocatively in a club. I mean, who doesn't? It's a club. If you wanna dance respectfully and gracefully, go find some ballroom dance. Otherwise, don't say anything. That's what clubs are for. Sadly, but that's what they are for. For pure fun.

So Riri finds this guy, the same guy that was gunned down at the station, and she is dancing with him. Then when she's done, she pushes herself off of him. Now, the guy isn't too happy and he's angry but whatever. Then Rihanna decides to leave so she walks out, saying goodbye to everyone because that's the social butterfly that she is, and she starts walking home in the dark night.

The guy follows her out, asking nearby people where she went. They all point to some dark secluded alleyway, and he begins following her all the way down this alleyway. Now, we don't see what happens next BUT we assume he either rapes her or he sexually assaults her.

Next you see Rihanna running into her house, all flustered and crying, and she walks over to a dresser and pulls out a gun. Now you can put two and two together that it was indeed, Rihanna who killed the guy in the first scene of the music video.

Whoopdeedoodaday. I'm glad we all got it.

But apparently, the Parent Television Council completely is against and went all OD on Rihanna for that music video. They think that it is inappropriate of a message that Rihanna is sending out. That if any girl sees that music video, she'll automatically think, "Hey, if I was sexually assaulted or raped, I'm not gonna go for help, I'm gonna kill that mofo."

I'm sorry, but WTF?! On what planet do you come from, dear Parent Television Council. It is YOUR effing job to monitor what your children are watching. Why are you blaming it on Rihanna? Stop watching TV, get your stupid ass off whatever chair your sitting on, and go PARENT your own children. Rihanna didn't do anything. She just made an awesome, moving music video about a flustered girl who was raped/sexually assaulted and didn't know what to do. Rihanna didn't have your kids, did she? No. So don't expect HER to parent them. Parent them yourself. If your child's first conclusion of that video is to shoot a man, then that is one big parenting problem you've got there. Why is it okay in Law and Order or CSI for some dumb wife to shoot her husband for no apparent reason but it's not okay for Rihanna's character, who had been sexually assaulted/raped?

Either way, Parent TV Council, don't tell people what to do. Quit pointing fingers at everyone else. Point a finger at yourself, monitor what your kids watch and parent your own children.

Watch Man Down by Rihanna below and tell me if you think PTC is not completely crazy or not: