Sunday, April 6, 2008
Video Killed the Radio Star
That was video killed the radio star by the buggles. This was the first video on mtv, it was very popular and started the music we see now. Not only does this video show the advance in technology, but the gender roles displayed in it. As you saw, the men controlled the technology while the woman were shocked by it. Also the women were sculpted by it, when the band had the future lab scene and when the girl turns into a women. It shows how the male is more dominant, with the lead singing being up fron with the small girl and the women, minimized in the background. Up next is Take on Me by A-ha.
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Derek,
You are onto something in the link between technology and gender roles. This has been a recurring theme well before the Buggles video in 1979. The classic Fritiz Lange black and white film "Metropolis" from the 1920's is another example of the link between patriarchy and technology. Technology tends to be a male dominated field and men using technology to control women is a theme we'll come back to in this course. There is a show now on TV "The Sarah Conner Chronicles" which also looks to be a woman as robot theme. I'd like to check that out.
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