![]() ![]() ![]() It looks like everyone involved had fun putting this video together. While the men are topless (and young, and good-looking), they’re hardly degraded and the women look comfortable in business outfits and casual wear. This clever parody turns Blurred Lines into a song about the women of the Texas legislature and the fight for pro-choice rights in Texas. While I agree with this video’s feminist stance, for me the lack of humour makes its message fall flat: The best of the parodies turn the sexism on its head or use Robin Thicke’s videos as jumping off points to raise awareness of something important.īut before I list my absolute favourites, here’s an example of what not to do in a parody. The parodies show their own hashtags with performers’ names, causes and sometimes, silly words. Robin Thicke’s video feature the hashtag #THICKE in huge red letters. The men, Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell Williams, treat the women in degrading ways and the video alludes to bestiality and drug use. ![]() Plenty’s been written about how the unrated version shows women topless and wearing nude thongs and high heels, dancing badly while the men in the video are fully clothed. So I only discovered Robin Thicke and Blurred Lines a few weeks ago.Īfter reading about the controversy surrounding the unrated video for Blurred Lines and then seeing the “rapey” lyrics and viewing both the original Blurred Lines video and the “censored,” unrated one, I could see why people call Robin Thicke a misogynist. ![]()
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