Music Video Analysis

I spent a lot of time looking for a music video that had an narrative worthy enough to critique and I eventually settled on Outkast’s Roses. The video uses rhetorical devices to make the message of the song clearer. The main rhetorical device that the video uses is metaphor. The metaphor of the rose is repeated though out the song I also thought that the metaphor of the “golden calculator” was interesting. Based on the song it seems as if the infamous Caroline is only looking for the best of the best  and isn’t willing to really work hard at anything. The video works well for the audience because it shows seemingly suitable guys competing for her love while she ends up with a guy that she perceives to be the “best of the best.”