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Thread #68420   Message #1155941
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
06-Apr-04 - 03:05 PM
Thread Name: Bob Dylan for Victoria's Secret
Subject: RE: Bob Dylan for Victoria's Secret
There is no need to get insulting John. I treated your opinions with respect and I think I am entitled to the same. This is a discussion, not a contest. That was uncalled for.

I did respond to what you said. YOU did not respond to what I was saying when I asked if you weren't being hypocritical to pass judgement on a commercial that you never saw and based your comment on opinions. From your original post, you "imagine" a leering Bob Dylan and make assumptions that the commercial is like the rest based on other Victoria Secret commercials you have seen.

You also said that the models look like "vapid children", yet you admit to not having seen this particular commercial.

I NEVER disagreed with your statements about the portrayal of women, nor did I EVER accuse you of saying that you were hiding sexuality. I'm sorry if my statment wasn't clear or if you didn't comprehend it, but I was trying to say that the sexual revolution enables commercials like this to be possible.   I do disagree with you that the woman is being treated like a "sex toy".

With art we can all make different interpretations, just like Bob Dylan's songs.