The 7x60 minutes documentary series 'Fantastic Voyages' offers a journey through the fantastic cosmos of cinematically interesting music videos. Herewith offering the music video as an art form a unique forum within television programming. 'Fantastic Voyages - Body Rock: Walk this way!': A white prototype rock band fights against the beats of a rap-formation. Without avail! The black rappers of Run DMC as well as their music, their dancing, their style are way cooler. The episode 'Body rock' leads to the dance floor. It engages itself with black and white body staging. The selected music videos show virtuous dancers next to amateurs - mechanical dances next to humourous parodies. The film historian and feminist Kaja Silverman and the musician and artist Edward George contemplate about the different performances and stagings with regard to gender and ethical identities.
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