4. Dance For You - Beyoncé
http://youtu.be/PGc9n6BiWXA I am not here to put Beyoncé's talent and looks on trial. I can't do it. Physically, it's not within me. But that doesn't stop this video from being so hilariously awkward and off that it nabs an entry on the list. The video starts off innocently enough and everything seems to work. Beyoncé and noir? Sure, why not? But it quickly stops being slow and sexy at around :55 seconds in, and that's when the hilarity starts. Beyoncé starts to get into it. Really, really into it. She starts popping and moving and showing off her finest assets and completely goes against the tone the video has already established. To make things even worse, we start cutting between her "dance" moves and the man whose attraction she's nabbed. And...he's...just standing there. Watching. Almost like a disappointed father to a son who still hasn't managed to learn how to throw a football. And then we cut back to her as she stands up and slows things up. She really starts to milk this dance for all it's worth. But when we cut back to our hero, he's just not having any of it. We think. Honestly, he's really not doing a damn thing. He's just watching, expressionless. Finally, we come to find out Beyoncé's not the only lady in the room. Other women appear, all in front of tiny fans, and the group begins to dance together for the man. ...and he still just keeps watching. Then, it's over. ...wait, what?
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