The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" music video subverts its rap genre and the clichés associated with the genre; for example rap music promoting violence is a stereotype of the genre. The video is shot in a POV of the character's life which we are witnessing. The character takes drugs, drinks alcohol, gets into fights and also touches women inappropriately. However with the viewer automatically thinking that the character is a male, the director then ends the video with a POV shot into a mirror which shows the character's true identity and revealing that they are in fact a female. Straight away the viewer is shocked with this discovery as all these acts would mainly be undertaken by a male.
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