#like imo u made the right choice. seeing something fucky and going to ask a question about it to someone who's opinion u trust

[sanstropfremir]

i love your blog and need need NEED to ask you if you have any opinion on this because people were talking abt it on twitter recently. if u don't tho it's fine! just wanna hear your thoughts. someone was talking about moments in kpop that were popular with the ppl but actually shouldn't be because they were designed for the male gaze and the two cbs mentioned were monster by irene&seulgi which, shocked me a bit. but more so the second which was sumni's tail. do you feel like tail stages/mv were designed to appeal mainly to men? genuinely this took me a aback a bit because yeah sure choreography makes sunmi appear extremely attractive and she wears revealing clothes but the power dynamics in the choreo and just in general in the camera movements in her performances during tail always made me think she's actually mocking men more than catering to them? anyways I hope this makes sense. sorry. just read it and immediately thought of u so I came here lol

;ALSKJF;LASJKF;LKJF THE CB WHERE THE ORIGINAL CHOREO WAS HER DIGGING HER HEELS INTO A MAN'S THIGHS????? THE MV WHERE SHE TIES A MAN TO RAILROAD TRACKS?????? THAT TAIL????????? god this is such a fucking stupid take i'm so sorry you had to read any of that anon. anyways here's my analysis post on the costumes in the tail mv and how they illustrate sunmi's (character's) reclaimation of power and masculine imagery.

but besides tail specifically, there is actually something i want to talk about here in regards to how this particular take smacks of an inability to understand basic critical and media analysis theory.

when you say that something shouldn't be enjoyed or engaged with, you imply that there is a should; a 'correct' way to engage or interpret a work. and there is NO correct way to interpret art. a massive problem with social media is that there is a hegemony on moralistic opinions. you have to have a 'good' opinion, you have to like the right things and hate the right things and why. because reasons. because some anonymous icon on the bird app said it was male gazy and therefore that apparently means it's bad. and yea i'm gonna sound like a fucking crank about this but you need to do your own readings. the male gaze is not a code of ethics, it is a theory of media analysis. and theories are tools that are meant to help you better understand the life you live and the ways that you engage with the world. YOU are the one that uses the tool, that makes the choice on when and how and where you use that tool, and also if you take into account the information that that tool provides. it's all about the nuance. unfortunate that the internet went and shot it in the back.

#nuance is dead long live nuance i guess #kpop questions #sunmi w #also honestly this take also screams of internalized misogyny #like these people are recognizing that something might not be for them so they immediately decry it as being bad #(im assuming these people are mostly cis str8 female bc that is a big demographic of kpoppies but of course this may not be true) #theyre unable to conceptualize any perspective outside of their own so therefore it HAS to be male gaze. obvs. #like why are you going after an artist that is known for having strong creative control over her concepts #have you literally not seen a single thing sunmi has done in the last four years???????????? did i hallucinate noir????????? #like please god get a grip and go read a book or just take a basic media analysis class #tail was for the bisexuals sorry i dont make the rules #ok i am simplifying a lot of this there are much longer discussions to be had here #text #answers #like here's an example: i just got back from going to see mamma mia live #and it was some of the most fun i've had at the theatre in a long time! #does that negate that the script has problems? no! but i am aware of those problems despite my enjoyment! #its very simple really #sorry if this sounds kind of angry this isnt directed at you anon #like imo u made the right choice. seeing something fucky and going to ask a question about it to someone who's opinion u trust #when u dont have the personal knowledge base to inform yourself. that's v smart and a sight lot better than many other people #not that im an authority on any of this bc im very much not. but if i can help fill in some knowledge gaps im v happy to