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Robin Thicke: "I'm the Twerkee, I'm Twerked Upon"
So, Oprah Winfrey, on the road to rebuilding her OWN network, in her latest celebrity interview acquisition, has landed Robin Thicke. While I haven't had the pleasure of watching the entirety of the discussion, I did watch a clip out of context care of People.Com. You can watch it here. As you might guess, it deals with the VMA controversy involving Miley Cyrus. In the short exchange, Thicke absolves himself from the incident. "I'm singing my butt off ... looking up at the sky," he explains, while Cyrus' ass was bent over, shoved up against his junk, twerking away. He didn't say, "we were just having fun, big deal." So, in front of a live audience and millions of television viewers, a 36-year-old man simulating anal penetration with a 20-year-old woman is excusable in the eyes of said man, because he's just doing his job, lost in the moment. And The Big O gives him a pass, ultimately, because she laughs at the end after soft-balling the question. Now, from my POV, ultimately, the VMA incident was an entertaining train-wreck of a moment that was fun to talk about. After all, these are two performers who crave attention, and, yes, they're both adults. And, if I was in Oprah's chair, I'd probably laugh too (but for somewhat different reasons). But, Cyrus was the one who had to take most of the shit for the negative public reaction. And, granted, when it came down to it, she sold him out to when she commented weeks later on his involvement (though bringing up a salient point). But, what's missing greatly from this O-equation is addressing the imbalance in the social response. Therefore, it's even further perpetuated in people's minds that Cyrus was guilty, and Thicke was the "twerked upon" innocent. How do you feel about that? From my nose-bleeder of a seat it does not feel ... right. The object of a Daddy Complex is The Victim? But, let's be real. Did we expect any other kind of response from this married man? Hey, hey, hey. I know Thicke loves them blurred lines. But, here, clearly, he's drawing one that's very distinct and clear.
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