Horse wrote:what the fuck is wrong with everybody? this is a beautiful work of art. sure, i wanted it to actually be debbie too and i wish it was longer, but nate's last verse isn't really relevant to the eminem part of the song anyway, because it's about nate ruess. makes sense why they went with the short version. i feel like maybe the first-person concept went over some people's heads here. it's supposed to put the viewer in a position to see the situation from debbie's perspective and empathize with her, and i think that for eminem to do that to his fans after all the shit he's talked about his mom over the years is fucking genius. it also seems like people are bummed that there isn't more eminem, which is just silly. it's a music video, not an eminem commercial. if he felt that he didn't need to be all over this video, there was obviously a reason for it. this is a fantastic video. spike and em won so hard. i'm not disappointed at all by the video, just by the negativity here.
and yes, i realize the irony of me telling stans to be more appreciative of a thing eminem did. but really guys, this video is pretty fucking gr8