Feminist resumed clip Spice Girls Wannabe triumph – Le Figaro

VIDEO – The song that made famous the British girl band celebrated its twenty years Tuesday, July 5. For the occasion the director Richard Curtis parodied the song quintet of female pop to defend the rights of women. The video has already reached 35 million views …

“Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really want “are the most representative words and more immediate demands of Wannabe .

in the mid-90s, the Spice Girls already advocated in their own way a form of Girl Power. for twenty years the clip, the NGO the Global Goals has decided to give more resonance to their message, parodying their most iconic tube.

Richard Curtis known for his film Four Weddings and a Funeral or Love Actually , undertook to turn this video to better denounce gender inequalities. The film shows the difficulties encountered by women worldwide. The viewer visit India, Nigeria, but also the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. It includes many artists from around the globe for a report which shows that the choreography of the girls band is still as effective.

The recovery retains all of the song, which evoked so pretty slightly too large differences between men and women.

Here the tone is more serious, the finished “If you go out with me, you’d better hurry. Do not make me lose this time which is precious to me. ” The video starts with Global Goals of Indian lend to battle to stop violence against women. Then veiled schoolgirls asking for better education, for girls in Nigeria require the end of forced marriages for children.

Finally, the UK, the work of Richard Curtis evokes the equal pay, an issue that particularly concerns the West. “Girl Power has already come a long way, allow him to go even further,” says the organization. The NGO also invites users to share pictures immediate demands for it to expose the UN headquarters in September. #WhatIReallyReallyWant The hashtag was created for the occasion.

The video of the British director has attracted the interest of Victoria Beckham who dedicated there a Facebook status. “20 years later – The Girl Power is used by a new generation,” writes the former Spice Girl. A status that has been shared more than 170,000 times.