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"Coma White" is a single by the band Marilyn Manson about the numbing effects of drugs. It is the last track from the album '' Mechanical Animals ''. The song did not chart, but the video generated significant controversy and became a highly requested clip on MTV. SONG Much slower than his usual style, or at least the style he is well known for. It is also gentler than much of the album it appears on, " Mechanical Animals " (c. 1998). This album is a return to the more colourful style of " Portrait Of An American Family " (c. 1994) after the grim foray of " Antichrist Superstar " (c. 1996). Referring to "Coma White" and "Great Big White World" Manson told the '', 1998 . The track was passed over for inclusion on Manson's best of compilation '' Lest We Forget ''. VIDEO The video generated controversy as it featured a reenactment of the 1963 Assassination Of John F. Kennedy . Manson and his fiancee Rose McGowan play JFK and First Lady Jackie Onassis , respectively. Its debut release was through the band's official website MarilynManson.com , and was delayed twice until mid-September due to the Columbine Massacre and the death of JFK Jr. The video is oddly "clean" given the gore of the actual events. The director, Samuel Bayer , says there was no blood used during the filming. "We didn't feel like it was appropriate to actually act out the assassination."McLean, S. "JFK Shoot a Bloodless Act." '' Courier Mail ''. March 2 , 1999 . pp. 12. One Canadian reviewer remarked that the video, which was expected to shock, was "More Fellini-esque death march than blasphemous rewrite of history, {Link without Title} it caused little commotion."T'cha Dunlevy. "Shock video." '' The Gazette ''. 20 November 1999 . D1 Controversy The release of the video was hampered by two coinciding events: the Columbine High School Massacre , and the Death Of John F. Kennedy, Jr. In a statement released by his publicist, Manson said the video used the Kennedy assassination "as a metaphor for America's obsession and worship of violence. My statement was always intended to make people think of how they view and sometimes participate in these events." Further, the video, "is in no way a mockery. In fact, it is a tribute to men like Jesus Christ and JFK who have died at the hands of mankind's unquenchable thirst for violence." He said that when he filmed the video, "little did I know that the tragedy at Columbine and the accidental death of JFK Jr. would follow. But it was telling to see the media shamelessly gorge itself on these events, which ultimately made my observations in the video even truer than I had originally imagined." ''. September 23 , 1999 . pp. 060. While the story shown is unrelated to the song’s lyrics, the video's contents foreshadowed some of the themes on the band’s next album, '' Holy Wood ''. INTERNET Comawhite.com was launched alongside the '' Mechanical Animals '' album as a promotional tool, and a distribution method for additional content. REFERENCES SEE ALSO |
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