It completely objectifies women. Like they're cattle to be auctioned off. I would NEVER in a million years allow my daughter to see that. Rape? No. In completely bad taste? Absolutely.
I'm all for both sexes to be objectified. To me all human culture is still too sexually repressive. Everyone in the video is having fun. I say let them have fun. And if women want to make music videos where men are objectified, then that is fine too. We should be able to explore our sexuality however we want (as long as it is consensual and everyone is "of age"). - (of course I understand you not wanting your little girl to see the video. I am talking about adults obviously.)
Robin Thicke has been with the same woman since he was 16. He's just trying to sell sex and people are buying it. Heck Salt N' Pepa did it. The easiest thing to do is ignore it and just listen to Alan Thicke instead.
1. 16? No wonder the guy made the video. 2. Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls was a great song man. -Oh, wait. 3. Alan Thicke has gotten more "tail" than Robin Thicke could ever dream of. And you and theadvancedapes are both right, I was really just playing devils advocate. It is an extremely well marketed, not terribly creative video. While it's not made for children (something I think it may have been made for), it will almost exclusively be seen by children and teens. It immediately made the number of eating disorders in the US raise by 2.5%.The video is supposed to be fun and sexy; and I think it achieves that. Am I missing something?
No, not really. It's a bit vapid and right now is one of the top songs in the US, but as bgood79 points out with the Salt N Peppa link, this isn't anything new. I'm no Tipper Gore, I don't think it should be banned or anything like that, I just think it's ripe for parody and definitely in bad taste both lyrically and visually, given it's targeted market which is most assuredly young teens.
People are always trying to get creative with boobs, dressing them up with different pasties and piercings or whatever. They're classic for a reason. No need to mess with the formula. For real though, I hope that kids won't start copying this guy's style and manner (as it is in the video. Maybe he's . . . better(?) in real life?). His presence, the other guy's presence and Pharrell's goofy face detracted from that video immensely, but I guess their presence was the only thing that made it a "music" video instead of one of those, "on the set" videos that accompany magazine shoots to bolster sales.It is an extremely well marketed, not terribly creative video
People are always trying to get creative with boobs, dressing them up with different pasties and piercings or whatever. They're classic for a reason. No need to mess with the formula.
-if it's not broke, don't fix it.