A couple friends of mine mentioned the poor quality of Carley Rae Jepsen's music video for Call Me Maybe and how ridiculous it is that the man, whose affections Ms. Carley is trying to win, (spoiler alert) turns out to be gay.
I disagree. It's a cheesy video, but how many music videos feature someone, openly gay, hitting on someone of the same sex? I think it's a funny twist that not only supports same sex flirting/dating/relationships, but makes fun of heterosexual ways of thinking. Wouldn't we dislike the video more if she got the guy? Wouldn't it be boring? I certainly think so.
Take a Taylor Swift video, say Love Story for example. Typical heterosexual boy-girl interactions. They fall in love, he has to go, he comes back, they get married. In no way am I saying that Taylor Swift is homophobic, but her video is representative of a set of beliefs that has been around for a while.
Now Carley Rae makes fun of this idea the romantic heterosexual boy-girl meet cute, immortalized in song and film. On one level it's sad that the girl can't and will never snag the guy; on the other hand, it's humourous because some women can relate to crushing on a guy, but get shut down when she finds out he's gay. Carley is calling attention to other sexual orientations in pop music videos. It's not just Lady Gaga who's got her eye on representing the LGBT community.
Next stop: Justin Bieber featuring drag kings and queens!
I disagree. It's a cheesy video, but how many music videos feature someone, openly gay, hitting on someone of the same sex? I think it's a funny twist that not only supports same sex flirting/dating/relationships, but makes fun of heterosexual ways of thinking. Wouldn't we dislike the video more if she got the guy? Wouldn't it be boring? I certainly think so.
Take a Taylor Swift video, say Love Story for example. Typical heterosexual boy-girl interactions. They fall in love, he has to go, he comes back, they get married. In no way am I saying that Taylor Swift is homophobic, but her video is representative of a set of beliefs that has been around for a while.
Now Carley Rae makes fun of this idea the romantic heterosexual boy-girl meet cute, immortalized in song and film. On one level it's sad that the girl can't and will never snag the guy; on the other hand, it's humourous because some women can relate to crushing on a guy, but get shut down when she finds out he's gay. Carley is calling attention to other sexual orientations in pop music videos. It's not just Lady Gaga who's got her eye on representing the LGBT community.
Next stop: Justin Bieber featuring drag kings and queens!
