And there were many students who seemed confused, shocked, impressed, and curious, like they hadn't seen art like this before. Beyonce made videos that were VERY different from her previous ones, and much more thoughtful than most of the music videos you see on TV. I was talking with my wife last night about it, and she said that Lemonade is challenging for anyone who watches it because it's so intelligent and abstract - it's hard to understand all the images, make up, costumes, settings and what they mean, it's hard to immediately understand all the lyrics that are full of metaphors, there's a lot of complex vocabulary that we don't often use in our regular speaking. And when you put all of that together - it's hard to understand all of the songs the first time you watch it.
So that's why I'm showing it a second time. In other Beyonce songs, there is one, obvious idea, like how in "Single Ladies" she was saying it's ok to be single and don't stay with a man unless he proves his commitment to you. But Lemonade has layers of understanding - each song has more than one meaning and you need to really understand every word to find those meanings.
Today, students will annotate the lyrics and narration with questions and comments before watching Lemonade a second time.