7/12
Level 3/C-
WWW: Very good attempt to bring in theories and debates. Good textual analysis
EBI: Not enough focus on the Q: you explore the other side of the argument in much more depth
LR: Look again at the Q: Why might people object to the video?
In the Robin Thicke video 'Blurred lines' Women are represented as objects e.g. toys which the women seem to be surrounded by such as the beach ball, big dice and the toy car, which is using the female as some sort of surface for the toy car to emphasise on the shape of the females body. The females are also wearing some plastic clothing on top of their white shorts during the video which connotes the females are meant to be represented as toys. Which seems to be a way to attract males and make them view the females as objects which is why some people may disagree with the video. The video looks like it was designed to portray females as objects to pleasure males especially the explicit video, it provides a sense of entertainment and escapism, according to the uses and gratifications theory. 'Blurred lines' encourage males to view females as a way to get out of their current lives and situation and to just be entertained, this would go against what McRobbie believes as this isn't empowering women, it makes them seem less important than the males, who they aren't being represented as plastic toys (which usually have connotations of cheap, easy to break and easy to discard). The males are being represented as business men, men who are of higher power as throughout the majority of the video they are standing up or in more dominant positions than the females, who are at times walking around as if they are trying to grab the attention of the male protagonists, or heroes according to Propp, they are also at times sitting down or bent over e.g. the female who had the toy car on her back.
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