Music, Money & Hip Hop Honeys

Name: Jack Whitaker

What point did the presenter make about videos just a few years ago and videos now?People were more dressed and had a lot more respect for themselves but now days people are more naked than dressed and also dancing sexual around the man in the video.

Why were these important in the development of music videos?Because it includes another target audience(men) instead of just young girls. Therefore they make more money.

How did ‘Tashy Jay’ chose to represent herself in the documentary? She represented herself as more of a classy video girl and that is because she was getting paid unlike most of the other girls.

What was she saying about ‘video girls’ at the shoot?Tashy jay saying that the other girls were being tacky as such with the way they represent them self to the artist and all they want is to get with them and get fame for being known as the girl in the background.

What did he think about ‘video girls’?He believes if they want to flaunt their bodies about then that’s their decision, if it makes them look slutty then that’s up to them.

Why do they need these girls in their videos?They have these girls in the video to make the men look superior, and to make the women look like objects.

Where did they find all these girls? Wouldn’t it be expensive to pay them all?They send out public notices and they all just turn up. Over the internet mainly.

How does China Black illustrate some of the issues with how women are represented in music videos?The issues are that they spend loads of money on surgery and yet they don’t get paid, also once you get to a certain age people wont want you in the videos. Also it makes them look like sluts and its only about body image not about what they really are as a person.

These women believe they are the ones with the power. They believe they are exploiting men, not the other way around. What do you think? I think the men are the ones in power because they have loads of women asking to be in their videos and they are even prepared to not get paid. Whereas, the men are just sitting back and relaxing and are in power and making the women look like objects instead of people, but the women

don’t mind it so the men don’t feel bad.

K.I.G use ‘video girls’ - what do they think of them?The girls desperately want to be in the videos and they rarely use the same

girl more than once

Music Video Director ‘Digital Dan’ has a lot to say - what does he think of the girls?He said the girls would do anything he said for money. Also that they were very easy to trick.

This sexual equality expert argues that music videos have a lot to answer for - what’s the issue?

The issue is that men are being shown as being powerful and women are being seen as objects that just flaunt there bodies about.

What does the government think?That the way music videos are could change the way young people live there lives. To the way they dress, and to the way they approach relationships and sex.

What happened to Alisha?She was asked to go to a private shoot with a company. She ended up being tricked and they stripped her and she was sexually assaulted.

This lady has been working with artists for years and cast lots of ‘video girls’ - what changes has she seen and what’s her opinion?She says that it used to be about love songs and romance but now its just about sex and the men just want countless women to be their “bitches”.

Why is she challenged on this performance by the presenter?Because earlier on in the documentary she said she would never wear a thong and she would never shake her butt around.

This is the US ‘Ambassador for Hip Hop’ - what is her view?She says that all the girls that are in the video are pretty and sexy but the men are generally fat and ugly. She then says that the differences between how men have to look to be attractive and how the women have to be is completely different.

How has Angel Lola Love’s experience been positive?Because her experience is part of her plan in life and is just a stepping stone in her life. Also, she gets paid for what she does and she doesn’t just do it for fame.

What conclusions can we draw from this documentary?

That men can be fat, ugly and unattractive but as long as they have fame and mmoney they are attractive. Whereas women have to

have the perfect body. However the video girls just care about fame and most of them

don’t even get a penny which shows they are just in it for the publicity. So I think that the

hip hop videos now days are wrong but nothings ever going to be resolved if the

women don’t care.