The New York Post’s Page Six made us retch with the news that Prince has convinced Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes, the glorious young star of Whale Rider, to star in his new video as an Arab-American suicide bomber who flicks the switch in a crowded airport. Yeah, that’s going to make heavy MTV rotation.
We all know Prince believes he has achieved career immortality after his whole symbol-and-slave phase, but leave this talented girl alone, for heaven’s sake! She might be denied a richly-deserved future in Hollywood for participating in such shlock, which would be a tragedy for us cinemaphiles. We bought his new album, and we can’t we feel the same way about The Artist.