Panic! At The Disco's music video for 'Girls/Girls/Boys' (fairly) recently hit the web, re-creating D'Angelo's 'Untitled'. As having learned in the theory side of this course, music videos typically objectify women, yet Panic! and various other artists also sexually exploit men, or at the very least, use men's bodies as as a focal point.
Panic! At The Disco- Girls/Girls/Boys
This video focuses only on Brendon Urie's body, tantalizing the viewer with barely appropriate shots that just about cover his dignity. Although Urie remains the only subject, the video does not appear boring. The changing shots and Urie's movment paired with his emphasis of the lyrics make for a very unusual video. Although he is not directly sexualized by what happens in the video, he is seuxalized by those watching the video who infer, by his lack of clothing, that he is 'sexy'. Here, Mulvey's theory of the male gaze can be subverted to the female gaze.
Pet Shop Boys- Rent
Although the video does not directly exploit men, the lyrics present an unusual relationship: a wealthy woman provides her male lover with all things material.
Madonna- Material Girl
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