This is what I wanna talk about, people. This here video, this song. (Well, the unrated version of the video, but I'm not posting that here. --Hell I sensor curse words as it is.)
The top most comments and basically every other comment on this video is calling Robin Thicke a rapist. "Demeaning to women". "Blargharghaahaaahrg!"
It's not. What this is, is satire. What this is; is black humor in it's finest form! Yes, Americans, there is a thing called black humor. And no it's not racist against black people. Black humor is basically harsher, more edgy humor. Think of all the Scary Movies and such; that's black humor.
Humor like that, humor that makes fun of people or people's stereotypes, humor that perhaps goes beyond the politically correct or socially acceptable. It's becoming more and more standardized. These types of "blurred lines" that go outside of the politically correct, have been around in Europe for ages!
In Russia, for instance, there are black comedians who make fun of themselves for being black. There are equally white Russian comedians who make fun of themselves for being white AND for being Russian.
It's called knowing when to laugh at yourself. It's called knowing when to NOT take this sh*t seriously!
STORY TIME! -----------------
So I'm on a website that write stories. I write in a joke about a person being interested in money because they were 8/13th Jewish. A girl who was contributing on this website blew her lid off;
"Ummmmmmm, I don't wanna be a stick in the mud, but could you NOT maybe, perhaps joke about antisemitism? blah blah, I forgot the rest"
I did change my comment to NOT be about Jewish people because the last thing I need is THIS. But really...I wasn't even surprised.
America has taken political correctness to a whole new level in my opinion. Can't joke about ANYTHING because we fear upsetting some particular group of people who --what?-- don't know what a joke is? Who don't know how to laugh at themselves? Was I being anti-Jewish? No. In fact, I was REALLY making fun of the American melting pot nationalities. Everyone is a quarter Irish, or half French, this and that and everything. So that was the joke; because the person was eight-thirteenth Jewish, he was automatically a money-grabber.
It's called satire, people! It's called European satire!
(BTW, a little sidenote, I've taken to calling people like said female from before; podium b*tches. Because they stand up on a podium, thinking they're sheltering the world from the "hatred" around, but in reality all they are doing is being Debbie Downers for the rest of us who want to enjoy a little good-natured, not hateful, humor.)
And now we're back to the video--------
I don't think Robin Thicke is demeaning women or "raping" them in any way. He himself has stated that he did not think the video nor the song were "sexist", HE HIMSELF CALLED THIS PROJECT GOOD NATURED FUN. Even what happened with him and Miley at the VMA's was all good-natured to him! The man is as laid back as they come, I respect Robin Thicke.
And this video, I think, is satire on how men treat women. It OVER STATES, OVER EXEMPLIFIES how men chase after women and offer them sex and think all women are closeted sex freaks.
Is that what happens in the real world? Not to the extent in the video. But that's exactly why we call it satire.
Man, I'm just tired of the American culture being so damn sheltered from every little piece of "anti"! If you people are offended by every little thing, if you think that every little word that comes out of someone's mouth is directed to be total and unadulterated hatred at your state of being:
Now, I too, need to learn when to laugh at myself and not take things seriously sometimes, but I'm working on it. But you need to accept humor for humor. You need to differentiate between humor and actuall antisemitic hatred.
Knowing the difference will make it a much funnier world.
vaporwave
andulkaphoto
gracieabrams
yousharknotpass
origamiaround
ellievsbear
