Ask Dr. Ding

This song, “Paper Planes” has generated a lot of controversy, probably because it’s easy to miss M.I.A.’s message thanks to the incredibly catchy hook, not to mention her rocking of that sweet, old-school ripstop nylon jacket that your Mimi wore to the Shalom Retirement Village’s “Bingo Madness Party” circa 1989 . Which is totally different from Hipster Bingo.

The “Paper Planes” video works on at least a couple of different levels of sociopolitical critique and also invites the viewer to examine the more performative aspects of the big-ass bamboo earrings Dr. Ding coveted back in the summer of 1990. Which is reason alone to like it.

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