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MGMT Video Is Way Crueler Than David After Dentist

When the David after the dentist video came out, we had a good conversation about whether it was wrong for the father to post this video of his son all drugged up and in pain. Hanna cried foul, but some of us agreed it was funny—and harmless—enough to be worth the potential privacy invasion. Not so with the latest music video from MGMT, in which a baby is tormented by scary monsters who hover over his crib, grab him with their scary monster claws, and follow him and his flighty mother around town. What a relief around the five-minute mark, when the kid morphs into a cartoon version of himself. Torment the cartoon child all you want! But leave the real one alone!

You can watch the video below—feel free to skip the first minute of undulating flames. What do others think? Nina, Susannah, you thought the David video was "charming" and "awesome." But do you agree this one goes too far?

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By: ninanina | Mon, 08/17/2009 - 00:35

I don't like the video concept because it is too girly. Also, the background takes place at garden. They should have matched it better with the song theme.

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By: fordglen | Tue, 07/28/2009 - 05:37

I found out later of course, and he is still waking up with night frights and that happened over 6 months ago. Think about what Halloween will be like for this kid later on, geeze!

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By: songbird | Sat, 07/04/2009 - 05:02

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I don't care what the song is about. That baby did not have fun.

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I can not believe people will make money on this video and that stations are showing it.

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