Pink rides into a dusty ole frontier town, ready to stir up some “Trouble”, High Noon style (the shot of her coming through the town gates a direct steal of that famous shot in High Noon). The town trembles at her approach. She sneers at them. A sheriff (Jeremy Renner) all in black stands on a rooftop, watching her ride by. He is now an Oscar-nominated actor for The Hurt Locker, but certainly someone I’ve been aware of for quite some time (since I saw Dahmer and my basic response was: who the hell is THAT?). The video for “Trouble” is pure fluff, but a lot of fun: one of my favorite Pink songs, and in retrospect, now knowing who this guy is, and what a brilliant actor he is, it’s hysterical watching Renner, all in black, with a silver sheriff’s star on his chest, haul Pink around, stalk her through music halls and saloons – naturally not just because she’s dangerous – although she is that – but because he wants her. Bad.
In the end Pink prevails. Naturally.
High Noon meets Coyote Ugly, starring Pink and Jeremy Renner.
