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Blog 2: Jay Park's "Mommae"

Prompt 1: The cultural artifact that I chose was the song/music video, “Mommae” by Jay Park. Both the lyrics and the video revolve around the idea of the “male gaze,” which is when women are shown as sexual objects for the pleasure of the male viewer. I chose this because it portrays women as just props. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx_mg-1WhWw Prompt 2: Who created/authorship: Rap and hip hop culture created this text. Having women in their videos, whether it be direct interactions or just in the background, has been happening for years. In fact, it has been so long that it has become a norm. The maker of this in particular would be Jay Park himself, he could have chose to not write a song about women or at least not in a way that portrayed them as just sexy objects. Techniques/format: The whole video itself seemed to be very colorful and had a lot going on which attracts attention. But when you take a closer look, the girls in the video were centered around Jay Park...