Kanye West Got Painted Silver For His New Musical “Mary”
Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West is back with his latest Galaxy-Mind™ creation that will make you think, “Is this art or just complete fucking nonsense?” It’s the second one but people (Kanye) will argue with you about it. TMZ says that Kanye put out another opera called Mary over the weekend at Art Basel in Miami. Yes, he has more than one. And this time Kanye is actually in it and he is painted head-to-toe silver. Why? Because… Jesus?
No, Kanye West isn’t an extra in the newest James Bond movie where he ends up face-down in a bed painted silver–he’s just being an “artiste”. Kanye already debuted his first opera Nebuchadnezzar, which Rolling Stone said was not great. That one was criticized because Kanye was the narrator and never appeared on-stage. But in Mary, he did show up in all his silver/chrome/high-school-production-of-Wizard Of Oz-Tin-Man glory. Because Kanye is religiou$ now, in ca$e you forgot, Mary is about THAT Mary and I’m not talking about Mary from 227. There were also problems with the production, which ran for an hour, because Kanye. via Pitchfork
Mary was originally slated for a 3 p.m. start time. The opera’s aquatic location made it accessible only via motorboat, and the performers loaded onto the stage around 4 p.m. As was the case for Kanye’s debut opera Nebuchadnezzar, Mary featured new arrangements of older Kanye songs, including “Devil in a New Dress,” “Love Lockdown,” “Power,“ “I Thought About Killing You,” and “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” which was arranged for a brass section, choir, and what sounded like a Mellotron. It also included traditional Christmas songs like “O Holy Night,” “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” and “Drummer Boy.”
Kanye and the chorus of performers were painted to look like they were trying to stop the CIA from reading their brain waves. Here they are:
Kanye West in a head-to-toe chrome look for Miami performance. pic.twitter.com/VrppbqYwpu
— Pop Crave (@PopCraveMusic) December 9, 2019
Showtime soon. (via @bukonvict) pic.twitter.com/c2a5PTFLFE
— TeamKanyeDaily (@TeamKanyeDaily) December 8, 2019
"Can't Tell Me Nothing" #Mary 📽 @JabreaSavanna pic.twitter.com/g1HenDi1Ai
— Mídia KWBR (@midiakwBR) December 8, 2019
Good God. He looks like the Silver Surfer got divorced, moved to South Florida–but not a big city–and just absolutely let himself go. What does this have to do with the Birth Of Jesus? Did Silver Surfer light the Wise Men’s way? This must be that “Nu” Testament. At the end of the performance Kanye and a few others were whisked away on a speed boat–just like what happened in Bethlehem:
Kanye West cover his entire body in sliver 🔝🔚🛐🤭 #KanyeWest pic.twitter.com/NIjhGubSEG
— Marshall Peché (@RealDumelang) December 9, 2019
This is perfect. Right in time for the Holidays. I’m not sure what the actual holy fuck this has to do with Christianity or the Nativity Story and Christmas, but I guess I’m just not religiously-educated enough for this? I’ll just have to wait for Hailey Bieber to explain on Instagram.
Pic: Twitter