Inspiration or Plain Old Plagiarism

My girl Beyonce is again being ousted for copying and pasting (I just had to use that) choreography from a Belgian choreographer. Beyonce's latest video for her new single "Countdown" hit the net last week and fans were overjoyed but that joy is now being overshadowed amid allegations of plagiarism.

Choreographer Anne Teresa Keersmaeker interviewed with a Belgian radio station where when asked how she felt about her choreography being the inspiration behind Bey's new video she responded,

 " I didn’t know anything about this. I’m not mad, but this is plagiarism. This is stealing. They took pieces from Achterland and Rosas danst Rosas. Including the dresses and a remake of the school of Van de Velde. It’s a bit rude, I must say. What’s rude about it is that they don’t even bother about hiding it. They seem to think they could do it because it’s a famous work.”

“Am I honoured? Look, I’ve seen local school kids doing this. That’s a lot more beautiful.”

Let me start by saying I like Beyonce. It's safe to call me a fan. I think she gets the brunt of so much unnecessary hate and ridicule that it's almost sickening. I read lots of blogs and the comments on a typical Bey post are horrendous but I will touch on that another time. With regard to her stealing choreography, are we seriously gonna continue to take it there? I watched the video last week and read an article where the director of the video, Adria Petty, revealed even before the release that she received inspiration from a German choreographer and that she and Bey made the selections for the video together. So is this inspiration or plagiarism? If we consider this plagiarism I think we all have a lot of explaining to do. The cars we drive, the clothes we wear, every part of our lives can be considered plagiarized. We didn't invent any of this stuff. I'm sure Bey's big bank roll is the utmost reason for the many allegations and I'm thinking moving forward whenever Bey shoots a video she should have a press conference confirming where she got her every move. Oh by the way, can someone tell me who invented the running man? Also, not to throw shade but if Bey is being accused of choreography plagiarism Ciara owes some local strippers homage asap!

In my opinion half of these people accusing Bey of copying their work should feel rather honored. At some point something or someone had to have inspired them as well. With Beyonce's large fan base she is merely introducing us to some of these great artist we wouldn't have likely ever known. I know I've never heard of Anne Teresa Keersmaeker before today. What about you?

Can Beyonce catch a break and will the people criticizing her every move GET A LIFE!