In Anaconda, Nicki Minaj displays how men only desire women that have big butts. She took the song “Baby Got Back” that was released in 1992 and remixed it to fit today’s culture. Nicki sings about different men and their “anacondas.” Anaconda, in this video, refers to the male penis and how men do not want to have sex with women if they do not have a big butt. In the other video, Ellen creates a parody of Nicki Minaj’s music video. In this video, Ellen tries to fit in with the music video by twerking in the same clothing as the women in the music video are wearing. This comes off very funny but yet true in many ways.
Nicki Minaj’s music video was published on August 19th, 2014 and shows how American culture has changed. Her and her back-up dancers are wearing very little clothing and showing of the size of their butts by doing numerous amounts of twerking. This throws off the stereotype that men only like women with big butts and if you do not have a big butt then you will not get the “anaconda.” Women are doing things to make men more attracted sexually than ever before. From wearing less clothing to putting on a ton of make-up and perfume, some women will do almost anything to get a man’s attention.
Nicki explains in her lyrics of the different types of guys that all are attracted to the same thing. Troy the dope dealer who lives in Detroit and Michael who used to ride motorcycles buy Nicki what she wants for sex in return. Also, Nicki gives Drake a lap dance in the video. When Drake tries to grab her butt, she walks away from him showing him that she was in complete control of the situation. This portrays that as long as women have attractive body’s they can get whatever they want from men.
Ellen shows that this is accepted in our culture on how attractive women should look. By doing this parody, she gets a good laugh out of the audience revealing that the American people accept women that act and dress like the women in the music video. By revealing so much of the women’s body, it would have offended many people in the past and still does in today’s society but not as many. Just by airing on a television show shows that the television company believes that American culture has changed enough to be comfortable with these stereotypes. Ellen is making a statement about what is acceptable in society with this video. Nicki tries to seduce the male audience with her appearance but Ellen is a lesbian. Considering her video was not aimed at the male audience, you could make a case that she was aiming her video at the female audience.
These two videos differentiate themselves in many ways. Nicki is very serious about her music video and wants men to be attracted to her sexually. Ellen, however, is making Nicki’s video a joke. She tries to do the dance moves that Nicki does but by bringing out the humor in them rather than the sexiness in them.
Society would have never accepted this as an appropriate stereotype 10 years ago or longer. This kind of behavior is very different from the kinds of things women would do to get attention during that time. Women used to be controlled by men but over the years the role of who is in control has reversed. Women are independent now and if they are in need of anything they can use a man to get what they want.
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