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Netflix buys shows based on "what does well on piracy sites"

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Sunday 15 Sep 2013 - 5:30 PM

Egads, Matthew, you're right! Good lookin' out.

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Watch Psy be a bit of a dick in 'Gentleman'

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Monday 15 Apr 2013 - 2:41 PM

I don't know, I've always thought of PSY as like a cross between Rick Ross and LMFAO, persona-wise. Visually and lyrically this might as well be "Champagne Showers" and the idea that he can be a fat asshole who still gets women because of his charisma and wealth was prominent in 'Gangnam Style' as well. Misogynistic, sure, but hardly out of character. As for whether it'll hurt his chances in America, one could point to all the rampant, sexist shit currently charting across the country, although most of it is far less immediate and explicit than pulling someone's chair from beneath them and then pushing them over again when they try to get up. Systemic sexism, stuff like objectification, is in the boundary of acceptability in American pop culture, but this is probably too far. It's not a stretch to imagine 'Gentleman' becoming known as "that video where PSY fucks with all the women," as opposed to the innocuous notoriety of the horse dance with 'Gangnam Style', and that's probably gonna hurt him. The nod to Brown Eyed Girls was nice, though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofwFr8o8p0Y