Radioactive By Imagine Dragons: Video Analysis

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In the music video Radioactive by Imagine Dragons, it opens with a dark gloomy scene with a monophony beat. This video reflects real life problems such as violence and anger that’s shown in everyday life. It begins with a girl taking steps onto the scene that sync with the rhythm of the guitar which emphasizes. Inside the arena, the purple monster has fought and won the battle every other stuffed animal, however the plot twists when the girl brings in a pink bear. Everyone in the audience laughs and jokes when they see the pink bear, assuming she would have no chance against the purple monster. This portrays a gender stereotype because people normally look down on girls since they have always been depicted as weak and helpless throughout

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