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I was flipping through my Ipod the other day and I came across another song which I think is a wonderful situation of telling a creative nonfiction story through music.  The song so much doesn’t reflect this but the video really does.  One thing that I’ve really noticed and enjoyed the most about this class this semester is the different ways I look at storytelling and the different ways people tell these stories.  Whether it is through writing, music, or video people present and get across the same ideas and situations and I think that is pretty cool to look at.  But to get back to the video and the song, the song is called Good Enough by Prozak.  It has to deal with Prozak talking about he isn’t good enough whether it has to do with his love life, being a mainstream rapper, or just trying to support himself throughout life.  It is very dark but it is one of the things that makes it feel more real, at least to me.  In the video Prozak wrote, directed, and shot on his own it shows a ugly looking man who wants to become an actor on broadway.  He auditions but doesn’t have what it takes and isn’t Good Enough.  It also goes through showing how he has to deal with a lot because of the fact that he is different than other people.  Through the rest of the video though he is faced with tough decisions on whether to chase a dream he has or keep something of his that means a lot.  It really brings in a real situation that I’m sure many people have been faced with at some point of their life.  In an interview Prozak says that the video reflects how his career has gone to that point.  He said he could have been like everyone else and gotten a regular job and not chased a dream of his.  But instead he decided to chase the dream and he is now signed to Strange Music, creating his own movies and music, and has a good following with the Techn9tions and Juggalos.  The end of the video is wonderful and twisted at the same time but I won’t ruin it because I’m going to post it so everyone can see what I mean.