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I might be the only one with such strong opposing views and attitude towards what is being depicted nowadays, but thought i'd bring it to attention here anyway, to get a general idea of people's viewpoints on this topic.
So the contention for this topic is related to the TV programmes and advertisements being shown on Indian television. I know that India prides itself in becoming more and more westernised with its thought and actions, however is it really necessary to degrade itself like this? The explicit content or the sexual innuendos that are shown on television, whether it's the flavoured condoms ads on Zoom, or the girls grinding up to Neil Nitin Mukesh talking about having a threesome, is downright disgusting and kinda uncomfortable.
If it was a hint of a sexual joke, then sure, it'll be fun to laugh at. But, the fact that they literally show a girl so desperate to have sex, is kinda...offensive to girls? Because the feminist side of me perceives it to be that, the guy has all the power, and the girls can't help but come to him.
A funny advertisement which obviously has a sexual joke hidden in it, but the kids won't understand? I'll give you an example.
This ad here was shown in Australia, I think, a year ago. A guy goes to the supermarket, because his girlfriend has requested him to quickly get tampons for her. Anyway, so he reaches there and there are all these different kind of sizes for the tampons presented. He looks at the 'extra small', 'small' and then the 'extra large'. Looks down at his pants, smirks and picks up the 'extra large'.
A kid probably wouldn't have understood the joke. A person who obviously gets the innuendo, would have laughed at it.
See how this ad is not in your face, shouting "take me, have sex with me?"
I am finding it more and more awkward now to watch any sort of MTV or Zoom with my parents around in case suddenly an ad for a flavoured condom pops up, or an ad with Neil Nitin Mukesh comes up. I know that it's nothing wrong to be showing these things, but really, even here in Australia, you have most "adult"/sexual innuendo ads come after 9 pm when the kids are put down to sleep, but on the Indian channels, the ads are shown at any time starting from 7 pm till late.
First it was just MTV, with its abusive language, yet alright and funny to watch. Suddenly all these other shows started coming up like splitsvilla, crunch etc etc. And then almost every other song, and movie has one odd scene in which the guy and the girl get kinda down and heavy with each other.
I miss those days in which the scenes were just hinted, where the chemistry was built, and the rest was left to imagination. I am not talking about the times when they showed kisses through flowers, but I am talking about the innocence that used to be there.
Anyway, this strong reaction to the media was brought out of me when i saw the latest ad on MTV, for their new show, 'Grind'. I don't know about you guys, but looking at all those girls, wearing mini skirts, bikini-like tops, grinding to music ad passing seductive glances at the screen, brought just one word to my mind. Disgusting.
Granted that the majority of the audience watching the show is going to be males, highly enjoying the girls grinding to the music, which once again completely baffles me, how the girls on that show are willing to let random strangers get turned on by watching such stuff?
I don't know about you guys, but seductive dancing, and throwing yourself has a very thin line, and this show, for me, has crossed that line.
Anyway, that's the end of that rant. Looking forward to a nice debate about this coming forth. And a good debate means no personal attacks or abuses :)
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