Evanescence - Everybody's fool

I like this video more than Evanescence's others because it is very hard-hitting in some parts and touches on issues of society that many people, especially students, can relate to. For example our constant tendencies to hide behind a mask, put on to please other people so we can feel like we fit in somewhere. Or the constant pressure to try and be perfect all the time, because it's all that is expected of us and nothing less.

      In the beginning of the video, it shows the lead singer having to put on a fake smile and hide how she's actually feeling. She has to lie about the pizza she supposedly made to seem like she did a good job and try to be perfect. We are shown the truth as the display shows the repetition of the word "LIES", A recurring theme throughout the video. Similar occurrences are shown in the video, such as the scene where she rides up on the motorbike and drinks from a can with the word "Lies" written on it. Again when she is in an advertisement for a child's toy, there are the words "lies" on the screen.

      Between the Ads, we see scenes that show Amy breaking down under the pressure of being someone she's not, having to hide behind a mask a fake smile and the pressure to be perfect and do everything right. Something everyone can probably relate to as we are all constantly pressured, criticised, and ridiculed if we don't do something right, or not to someone else's expectations.