About
About the Video
Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the generations of brave women who joined together in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote in 1920.
In 2010, Soomo Publishing launched a parody music video called Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration. The result was a viral hit and remains a popular teaching resource for history teachers and political science professors across the United States. The response was so overwhelming that Soomo decided to follow it up with Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage.
Making music videos isn't Soomo's main focus, but education is. Check out our Teaching Resources for more information on how this video can be used as a learning tool.
If you aren't familiar with the original video that prompted this parody, you should watch the original by Lady Gaga (content advisory for suggestive/violent imagery). The song "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga went to number one in 17 countries and peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The video won a Grammy and seven MTV Video Music Awards.
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Lyrics
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Vo vo votes ah ah aah
Whoa aa, won’t ta aah
Stop ha, ooo la la
Til we have suffrage!
Vo vo votes ah ah aah
Whoa aa, won’t ta aah
Stop ha, ooo la la
Til we have suffrage!
It's gotten ugly
They passed the 15th
Still women have no right
Nor guarantee
To liberty
Child, health, wealth
Or property
Hey! We’ll raise our banner
Across this land hey!
‘Cause franchise isn’t just
The right of a man
Universal
Yuh, yuh, yuh, it’s universal!
Yuh, yuh, yuh, universal!
You know we don't want to
Take freedoms from you
Just want our rights and nothing less
We cry for freedom
Oh, hear our voice
And see we’re equal to all men!
Oh oh oh oh...
We the whole people
Not just male citizens
Formed this most perfect Union!
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Vo vo votes ah ah aah
Whoa aa, won’t ta aah
Stop ha, ooo la la
Til we have suffrage!
It is a horror
A cruel design
That makes it criminal
a right that is mine
I want the vote
vote, vote, vote
I want to vote
Well, I think you’re psycho
I think that it’s sick
I’m queen of my home, raise my babies
That’s it
Don’t need to vote
No, no, she don’t want to vote!
No, no, no, don’t want to vote
The rights of citizens
Shall not be denied or abridged
New legislation, baby!
By the United States
On account of sex
We cry for freedom
Oh hear our voice
And see we’re equal to all men!
Oh oh oh oh...
We the whole people, not
Just male citizens
Formed this most perfect Union
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Oh oh oh oh...
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Vo vo votes ah ah
Whoa ah, won’t ta ah
Stop ha, ooo la la
Til we have suffrage!
March, march, be courageous
Fighting
For our rights we may just
Start greatness for the ages
Freedom it is contagious
March, march, be courageous
Fighting
For our rights we may just
Start greatness for the ages
Remember the ladies
Not to be above
but equal to all men
We only ask to be
Part of this Union!
Comme dirait le Français:
c'est Démocratie!
Permettez-moi participer!*
I’m a citizen
Of this nation!
An American!
I want suffrage! And independence!
We cry for freedom
Oh, hear our voice
And see we’re equal to all men!
Oh oh oh oh...
We the whole people, not
Just male citizens
Formed this most perfect Union!
Oh oh oh oh...
I want to wear pants!
Caught in a Bad Romance
I want my suffrage!
Oh oh oh oh...
And independence!
Caught in a Bad Romance!
Vo vo votes ah ah
Woah ah, won’t ta ah
Stop ha, ooo la la
Now we have suffrage!
*As the French would say:
This is democracy! Let me participate!
Credits
Directed by
Tim Alden Grant
Written by
Emilia Fuentes Grant
emilia.f.grant@gmail.com
Produced by
Lisa Corum
lcorum21@me.com
Featuring
Meredith Garrison
Also Featuring
Dan Williams
Tripp Hamilton
Sarah Barnhardt
Talmadge Ragan
Mae Spencer
And
K Margo
Director of Photography
Adam Hobbs
adamhobbs.tv
Production Design by
Jeffery Barrows
Costume Design by
Trent Pcenicni
Hair and Makeup Design by
Trent Pcenicni
Choreography by
Jena Burgin-Peters
www.JBPEntertainment.org
Music Produced by
Mack Brock
@mackbrock
Aaron Robertson
@robertsonaa
Lyrics by
Emilia Fuentes Grant
Vocals by
Stephenie Sanders
stepheniesanders@gmail.com
Associate Producer
Zara Elizabeth Ricks
Edited by
Tim Alden Grant
@timaldengrant
Cast
Alice Paul
Meredith Garrison
meredithgarrison.com
Woodrow Wilson
Dan Williams
wildansing@gmail.com
Harry Burn
Tripp Hamilton
Mother
Sarah Barnhardt
www.duelingbutterknives.com
Cook
Talmadge Ragan
Laundry Girl
Mae Spencer
maespencer@gmail.com
Anti-Suffragette
K Margo
Kmbrown89@hotmail.com
The Silent Sentinels
K Margo
Katie Caldwell
Macie McCain
Hailey Nicholson
Chelsea Resch
Whitney Seay
Baby Son
Maks Sizemore
Husband
Jason Blackman
www.800casting.com/46074
Red Rose Senators (Left to Right)
Bill Grant
jwgrant52@gmail.com
John Layton
Paul Metzger
Yellow Rose Senators (Left to Right)
Tyler Ford
Matthew Cheney
@artofmatt
Jere S Thomas
Scoundrels (Left to Right)
John Layton
Tyler Ford
Bill Grant
Jere S Thomas
Political Boss
Paul Metzger
Psych Ward Orderlies (Left to Right)
Mike Tangalakis
@MikeTangalakis
Paul Metzger
Police (Left to Right)
Paul Metzger
Mike Tangalakis
A Soomo Publishing Production
Bad Romance: Women's Suffrage
Unit Production Management by
Ron Aldridge
Gaffer
Bob Schaner
First Assistant Camera
Greg Hudgins
Second Assistant Camera
Jason Dullin
www.HeavyTheory.com
Production Assistant
William Powell
williampowellmedia.com
Prop Master
Johnnie Jones
Grip
Craig LaVenture
Assistant to Mrs. Burgin-Peters
Eddie Mabry
eddiemabrytalent@aol.com
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ivey Barker
Makeup Artists
Trent Pcenicni
Jillian Brady Williams
Hair Stylist
Katie Pcenicni
Visual Effects by
Michael Jones
@Michaeljones7
Colorist
Adam Hobbs
adamhobbs.tv
Catering by
Chef Jennifer Brulé
On Set Photography by
Mike D’Avria
www.CharlotteIS.com
Carpenters
"Bubba" Jonathan Barrows
"Papa B." Robert Barrows
Shot in Studio At
The Broadcast Group, Fort Mill, SC
http://thebroadcastgroup.com/
Special Thanks To
Small HD
http://www.smallhd.com/
Greensboro Day School
http://www.greensboroday.org/
Teaching Resources
For Higher Education
Soomo Publishing knows college professors are always on the lookout for great online resources to assign students and enrich their teaching. Do you teach American Government to undergraduates? Check out the companion assignments we created for Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage.
Assignment 1 "Til We Have Suffrage: The Amendment" provides instruction on the constitutional amendment process in the context of the 19th amendment. Assignment 2 "Til We Have Suffrage: The Movement" spotlights the origins of the suffrage movement in the Declaration of Sentiments and then focuses on the techniques and tactics used in the latter part of the movement.Both are part of our Americans Governing title, a collection of online homework assignments designed to deepen learning and enhance class discussion.
To test drive Americans Governing or any of our other courses, check out Soomo’s list of Published Titles. Each collection of assignments can be used as an ancillary to lectures or textbooks, and our webtext, Central Ideas in American Government, adds complete instructional content to our assignments.
For Secondary Education
High school teachers may want to use the following definitions and links to help their students dig a little deeper.
Glossary of Terms
- 19th Amendment: The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote, passed in 1919 and ratified in 1920
- Anti-Suffrage: The counter movement which opposed giving women the right to vote
- Franchise: A privilege, right, or authorization granted by the government
- Hobble Skirt: A style of skirt popular in the early 1900s characterized by a hemline so narrow that it severely restricted the wearer's stride
- Hunger Strike: The act of fasting in non-violent protest
- National Woman’s Party (NWP): A political organization founded by Alice Paul in 1916 whose primary mission was a federal constitutional amendment and was known for using radical tactics
- Silent Sentinels: A term coined by Harriot Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to describe the group of women who protested silently outside the White House for six days a week from 1917 to 1919
Links
Commemoration
National Woman’s Party
Alice Paul
Suffrage Strategies
- The Library of Congress: American Memory
- Suffragist.com
- National Archives
- American Treasures of the Library of Congress