Music Video
The music video for "Celebrity Skin" was directed by Nancy Bardawil. The video features the band performing the song on a stage, women wearing pink-purple ball gowns hanging from the ceiling and the women later lifting up their skirts as they amble around the stage. The video design bears resemblance to the Marilyn Monroe film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. As well as performance footage, there are also a number of close-ups of Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur, particularly lying in open coffins. Patty Schemel, although still a member of the band at the time of shooting, does not appear in the video. Schemel was replaced by a look-a-like and only informed a music video was planned after it was shot. The video was shot in black and white and the footage was colorized in post-production.
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