Recently, a MV has caused a stir on the Internet.
The song MV of the newly debuted Korean girl group ILLIT was accused of being suspected of pedophilia.
The MV of the song has been repeatedly analyzed and chewed by many people, trying to deduct all the evil thoughts hidden in it frame by frame.
In the process, the crime of "pedophilia" has been repeatedly convicted.
Even the five girls who sang this song seemed to have become the "sacrifices" of this crime, and they were pitied.
On the other hand, there are many skeptical voices, believing that such a trial is over-interpreted.
Uncle Yu also wants to talk to you about this matter today.
Such a MV that has been judged, is it wronged?
What is the cultural orientation and industrial mechanism behind it?
It is not the first time that an entertainment work has been in trouble because of the word "pedophilia".
Last year, a domestic drama "Secretly Can't Hide" was condemned.
In the play, the little actor who played the heroine when she was a child was first asked to have pink bubbles at adult men.
Then, let the male protagonist, who is already a college student, make various verbal teases to Zhao Lusi, who plays a high school student.
Moreover, Zhao Lusi's interpretation of middle school students is also full of naivety and immaturity.
This makes a lot of people feel uncomfortable.
So not long after the broadcast, there were voices on the Internet calling for the show to be removed on the grounds of "suspected pedophilia".
However, compared to the "suspected beautification" of "Can't Hide Secretly".
人们对于韩国女团ILLIT《Magnetic》MV的看法更为斩钉截铁。
There are three main reasons for this crime.
First, the members' costumes, lyrics, and dance performances are full of infantile children's elements.
The first is the dress of several girls, noticeably infantilized:
Baby blue and baby pink colors, puff sleeves, lace and ruffled princess dresses or shorts, white socks, ribbons tied around legs, hands and necks......
Secondly, in terms of dance design, there are imitations of children's finger movements.
Many of the settings also show the environment of the young age.
Unicorns that symbolize purity, moons and stars of various colors, and flowers and shiny fragments everywhere.
It's a place of innocence and dreams.
Of course, mere infancy is not a problem.
The problem is that such a scene, such a costume, is paired with a provocative dance and singing the lyrics of "baby I want you".
It's a little uncomfortable.
Second, the MV is full of staring perspectives and dark images.
Quite a few analysts have pointed out that there is an invisible gazer in this MV.
There are two most typical images in the MV.
One is a girl in a short skirt running down the hallway, flashing past the surveillance footage.
The other is the girls standing together with their backs to the camera.
In the dim light, the body looms through the clothes.
In addition, there are many graphic designs that have also been interpreted as sexually suggestive.
Floating around the running girl were many popping plastic bags, which were thought to be used condoms.
The girl rolls over to the bed in a skirt like pajamas, which is considered to be a strong sexual innuendo.
The girl is blocked in a V-shaped corner, and V is referred to as a virgin.
So, what does it mean for them to break through the wall in the next second, it is self-evident.
It has even been discovered that there is a "shaker" sound sample hidden in the background before breaking the wall.
The third is that the members themselves are still young.
The oldest girl in this group was born in 2004 and is 20 years old this year.
The youngest was born in 2008 and is still a minor.
Because of this, pedophilia, sexualized underage girls, Korean entertainment oppression, Korean chaebol sexual exploitation... A series of scary speculations were brought to the table.
For a long time, there have been many film and television works that have been accused of pedophilia.
A generation of masterpieces "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" has been brought out for trial from time to time.
"Pedophilia" is one of the major crimes.
In Japan, this controversy is even more so.
Especially in the field of anime.
In some works, the characters are either treated as low and infantilized.
is like a more discussed anime two years ago, "The Unpredictable Apollon-san".
Inside, the female protagonist stands next to the male protagonist, just like a schoolboy.
Someone saw it and questioned:
Just like a young girl, is it really okay to rub the edges?
In addition, just let the young son have a love relationship directly.
The popular anime "Spy Playing Home" has also been questioned by many people because the protagonist Aniah's classmates have said some "love" remarks to his father.
There are also many examples of live-action films being questioned.
The year before last, there was a very controversial Japanese drama "Wife Becomes a Primary School Student".
After the death of the protagonist's wife, he was reincarnated with his memories and returned home as a primary school student.
Such a fantasy story has created a pair of weird CPs.
However, the above works are mainly in the context of bizarre settings, involving a complex and ambiguous relationship.
The work itself is neither sexually suggestive nor rationalizes any intention of an adult to have a love affair with a child.
From a psychopathological point of view, pedophilia is a sexual perversion, a psychosexual disorder.
According to the definition of the International Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it refers to patients over the age of 16 who feel sexually attractive to children under the age of 13.
Strictly speaking, pedophilia is a disease.
Of course, if there is a disease, it must be cured.
You can't rely on your illness to commit acts that violate others.
What's more, the targets of pedophilia are children, which makes people have to be very vigilant about this.
The most famous pedophile in the history of literature is the male protagonist in "Lolita".
For an entertainment work, criticizing it for containing pedophilic elements usually means that it has a certain degree of content that glorifies pedophilia and caters to pedophilia.
Is Lolita available?
At first glance, there is a glorified plot.
However, the original work clearly narrates the entire pedophilic process from the perspective of the perpetrator.
Naturally, there is a great deal of affectionate disguise and self-deception.
And as a novel, as well as later adapted films, they all have a complete story line and character motivations.
The protagonist's final disillusionment ending allows the audience to think about the irony and criticism in it.
However, unlike novels and movies.
The dances and music videos of pop idols have great ambiguity.
Tease and seduction without cause and effect will produce all kinds of ambiguity.
This kind of ambiguous area, which is difficult to define, is easy to bring out the edge elements that cater to pedophilia, consciously or unconsciously.
The prosperity of South Korea's idol industry has always held two banners:
Youth and sensuality.
The former refers to the debut age at a young age.
Like Girls' Generation, she debuted at the age of 15 or 6.
But in the early stage of their debut, they have been walking in a youthful and energetic style, which is also in line with their age.
The latter is the manufacture of beauty.
Sexy style and resentful style have always been one of the mainstream styles of Korean girl groups.
Initially, the two went their separate ways.
But as time went on, the line became more and more blurred.
The face is getting more and more immature, singing songs of love and love, and dancing provocative dance moves......
Such a situation has become more and more common in Korean entertainment.
The purpose of the idol industry is to provide fans with a fantasy.
Whether it's sexual fantasies or childish aesthetics, everything is a vague imagination.
This ambiguity just allows many creators to have a space called "rubbing edges".
On the other hand, the audience market for naïve aesthetics is also very large.
It is undeniable that the pursuit of beautiful boys and beautiful girls has always existed in our social culture.
The image of youth, enthusiasm and beauty will naturally make people yearn for it.
As a result, this yearning and demand has also given birth to an industry that creates a young image.
It's just that behind the beautiful images we enjoy, there is the excessive exploitation of minors.
is now a Korean diva-level singer Bao'er, who entered the entertainment industry at the age of 13.
In many early interviews, we can hear that she has negative thoughts about her premature debut.
Even though he is still a child who has not fully grown up, he has to face ultra-high-intensity work, and there is almost no personal space.
She was under unimaginable mental and psychological pressure.
There is an episode in the Japanese drama "Victory is Justice".
It's about a girl star who has been forced to overload herself with work since she was a child and passively engage in adult interpersonal interactions.
Her personality and perception of the world are almost distorted.
And Shirley.
When she was a primary school student, Shirley was a little princess who lived in front of the camera.
Countless people have all kinds of fantasies about her innocence.
This fantasy also changed as she grew up.
I can't imagine how many unwarranted dark thoughts are hidden in the many unconditional loves released to her.
Therefore, there is every reason to speculate further about whether there is horrific sexual exploitation in this.
If the entertainment industry caters to this naïve aesthetic so much that it keeps lowering the age of idols to make their debuts and designing sexy dances that don't fit their age.
This naturally subtly promotes pedophilia in popular perceptions.
In fact, minors don't have to be "talking about sexual perversion".
The British drama "Sex Study Room" uses a scientific and healthy way to explore how minors face sex and deal with sexual problems.
Stills from "Sex Study".
However, many idol groups represented by ILLIT are obviously just created as a commodity on demand, and then "sold".
This is an obvious objectification and exploitation of underage girls.
Nowadays, there are countless people who still seek after this abnormal sexual aesthetic.
Dai Jinhua once said:
You consume this culture, and you think it's just providing you with happiness, but it unconsciously constructs your emotional perceptions, constructs your values, constructs your lifestyle, constructs your yearnings, your fears, and your needs...... Slowly, it becomes everything to you.
There is still room for discussion as to whether there is a real "pedophile" tendency in this MV by ILLIT.
However, the problems behind it are worrying enough.