I made this video for a friend, Hope, whose favorite things include Batman and this song. I used virtually zero editing (other than positioning the Joker’s clapping to coincide with lyrics). Of Montreal’s ‘Gallery Piece’ set to footage from The Dark Knight’s trailers.

I wanna be your love
I wanna make you cry
And sweep you off your feet

I wanna hurt your pride
I wanna slap your face
I wanna paint your nails

I wanna make you you scream
I wanna braid your hair
I wanna kiss your friends

I wanna make you laugh
I wanna dress the same
I wanna defend you

I wanna squeeze your thighs
I wanna kiss your eyelids
And corrupt your dreams

I wanna crash your car
I wanna scratch your cheeks
I wanna make you sick

I wanna sell you out
Want to expose your flaws
I wanna steal your things

I wanna show you off
I wanna tell you lies
I wanna write you books

I wanna turn you on
I wanna make you
Two-hundred times a day

I wanna dry tears
Every time your sad
I wanna be your what’s happening

I wanna be your only friend

I only go all the way
This time I’m not pretending

I can’t take the trash
Your trashy friends are spreading about us
They’ve got like fifty personalities
Oh girl, that’s so messed up

You see that sculpture on the hill?
That’s where she cleared me out
Forever

They’re monitoring my sub-conscious massacres I know
Bringing it closer to the surface so it’s easily pervertable

I want to be a beast
I want to make you proud
And play with your head

I want to take you out
Make you feel adored
And buy you everything

I want to hurt you bad
Make you paranoid
And say the sweetest things

I want to help you grow
And for eternity
I want to be your what’s happening

What’s happening?

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Learn more about the galleries: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/installation_gr.asp

The opening of the new Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman galleries—an entire wing housing approximately 5,300 objects in more than 30,000 square feet—completes the reconstruction and reinstallation of the permanent galleries of Greek and Roman art. The newest galleries present Hellenistic art and its legacy alongside objects from Southern Italy and Etruria, forming the background to the story of Rome from the Late Republican period and the Golden Age of Augustus’s Principate to the conversion of Constantine the Great in A.D. 312. The centerpiece of the new installation is the Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, a dramatic, skylit space that links the various galleries and themes. Included are displays of the art of Magna Graecia and the world of the Etruscans, together with the stunning collection of Roman wall paintings that is unrivaled outside of Italy. The presentation of the art of the Late Hellenistic and Early Imperial periods is crowned by the newly reconstructed Cubiculum from the villa at Boscoreale near Pompeii and the Black Bedroom from Boscotrecase. In addition, on the mezzanine floor overlooking Fifth Avenue, there is a large display covering the entire cultural and chronological span of the department’s rich collection.

Duration : 0:5:52

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Learn more about the exhibition “Provocative Visions: Race and Identity,” which was on view at the Met August 19, 2008 – March 22, 2009: http://www.metmuseum.org/special/provocative_visions/more.asp

This panel brought together three artists featured in the exhibition “Provocative Visions: Race and Identity,” including Chakaia Booker, Willie Cole, and Whitfield Lovell; and Lowery Stokes Sims, curator, Museum of Arts and Design. The panelists discussed the ways they challenge accepted perceptions and assumptions about race, gender, and identity. Introduced by Donna Williams, chief audience development officer, and Lisa M. Messinger, associate curator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the discussion was moderated by Charles M. Blow, op-ed columnist, The New York Times.

This program was made possible by Aetna.

Duration : 1:21:4

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a tribute luncheon for Eunice W. Johnson, philanthropist, fashion icon, and a founder of Ebony Magazine on Monday, January 11, 2010. Planned months in advance, the event took place after Mrs. Johnson’s death at age 93 on January 3rd. More than 175 guests assembled in the Met’s Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing to honor Mrs. Johnson for employing fashion to empower African Americans through the Ebony Fashion Fair. The luncheon was made possible in part by Macy’s.

With Former President Bill Clinton; Desirée Rogers, White House Social Secretary; Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Emily K. Rafferty, Met President; Linda Johnson Rice, Ebony Chairman and CEO; Harold Koda, Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute; Donna Williams, Met Chief Audience Development Officer

Directed and Produced by- Christopher Noey
Editor- Jessica Glass

Duration : 0:22:28

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Humphrey’s subtle politics come into play when he has lunch with the head of the National Theatre. Free clip from the BBC political comedy Yes, Prime Minister.

Duration : 0:1:13

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When the Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, the museum pieces are moved into federal storage at the famous Washington Museums. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) flew on her non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s (Jon Bernthal) rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby slippers, Fonzie’s jacket from Happy Days, the still from M*A*S*H and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair from All in the Family. With a forwarded resume, Larry (Ben Stiller) becomes another caretaker at the Smithsonian, where Kahmunrah, an evil Pharaoh will come to life with the reestablishing of a tablet as a magical force in the museum bringing the old exhibits (Such as Theodore Roosevelt and Dexter) and new exhibits (like General Custer and Al Capone) back to life, and in conflict with each other. Larry enlists the help of Amelia Earheart, who he develops a romantic interest in, and together they try to put everything back in order.

Duration : 0:2:16

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The Vrolik Museum in Amsterdam has the largest collection of human mutants. We learn more in this clip from Mysteries of Mutation on Discovery Channel.

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