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thenewgreen · 4258 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dramatic Reading of Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines by thenewgreen

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.

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