So I finally got around to watching “Blurred Lines,” and I have to ask – what, exactly, is so shocking about this video?
I’m asking this question because Robin Thicke seems to think that this video is breaking a bunch of taboos since it includes shots of naked and half-naked women in it.
Therefore, I can only conclude that Robin Thicke either doesn’t know what the word “taboo” means, or he has never seen a music video before.
If he doesn’t know what “taboo” means, I would like to gently suggest that he check a dictionary, because Taboo is more than the name of an addictive party game.
If he has never seen a music video before, I would like to direct him to this helpful Wikipedia entry called nudity in music videos, which catalogs dozens of examples of popular music videos that include naked people (mostly women).
I would also like to direct his attention towards a wide collection of films, television shows, and advertisements that use naked people (mostly women) to sell products, provide (usually male) character development, or fulfill heterosexual male fantasies.
I’m gently making these suggestions as an act of kindness. I hate to see people delude themselves into thinking that the art they create is somehow “taboo” or “shocking” when it’s just yet another example of objectifying garbage that permeates our culture. How embarrassing for them.
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I tried to watch the video but I fell asleep during it. If the models could hardly stay awake why should I? However, did the lyrics seem a tad “rape-like” to you?
They seemed VERY “rape-like.” I didn’t talk about the lyrics because other writers have done that at length already, but yes, I found the lyrics disturbing.
Did you see this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKfwCjgiodg&feature=player_embedded) cover? It’s amazing.
I did, and I love it.
Also noteworthy is that the men in that video are a lot more expressive than the models in the original. They actually DO look like they’re having fun, whereas the women in the original look like naked bobble head dolls.
Sadly, he is defending the video saying it’s sarcastic. We’re making fun of sexism. I wish I could explain to all the aspiring writers I know: just because you say it’s a joke/satire, doesn’t make it a joke. Comedy is much harder than people realize.
Yeah, I heard him say that the video is its own feminist movement, or something.
I really hope he’s trolling. I would weirdly have more respect for him if he were trolling. I just don’t want to believe that he would be THAT stupid.