6. Intertextual References
Madonna
Madonna chose to remake Marilyn Monroe's video 'Diamonds are a
girls best friend'. She copied the red setting, stage location and exact
costumes. She also included similarly chroegraphy. Madonna made the video an
obvious representation of Monroe's old video. I believe she did this as she
wanted to create the same image that Monroe had originally created. The idea
that all the men are yearning for the one girl.
Marilyn Monroe
This original video created for Marilyn Monroe's song 'Diamonds are a
girl's best friend' is very predictable of the era it was created in. The men
included are wearing suits, it is located in a theatre setting and the
choreography is a basic yet prominent part. The video portrays Monroe in
a very classy way and connotes her to have power over all of the men.
Robert Palmer
This video by Robert Palmer was very controversial, as when it
was created it was not socially acceptable to view women in a sexualised way.
This is one of the first videos where the Male Gaze was included in a very
obvious way. There are many close ups of the women's legs in the short skirts.
This type of video would not be seen as bad nowadays as Male Gaze is
something society have began to accept as we witness it in a lot of
media products. However due to the time the video was made it created an issue.
Shania Twain
Shania Twain decided to recreate this video, however she used males and
therefore created a queer gaze. Shania did this because she wanted to challenge
the original views from Robert Palmer's video, her video shows her as the
dominant figure and the male band as inferior. Although she wanted to portray
the opposite view than Robert Palmer, she didn't do this successfully, as she
begins to undress herself in the video revealing a Male Gaze.
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