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♪ (ragtime music) ♪

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(ambient jungle noises)

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Ooh, isn't that pretty?

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Oh no. You're not making me[br]watch this, are you?

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Oh shoot.

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- ♪ My anaconda don't... ♪[br]- Ooh. That's nice.

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- ♪ My anaconda don't... ♪[br]- (chuckles)

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My kinda rain forest.

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- Oh.[br]- ♪ Don't want none ♪

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♪ Unless you got buns, hon ♪

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I must say, they know how to move it.

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I don't understand how[br]people get derrieres like this.

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I really don't.

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♪ Now that's real, real, real ♪

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♪ Gun in my purse, bitch,[br]I came dressed to kill ♪

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♪ I'm on some dumb sh... ♪

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- ♪ By the way, what he say? ♪[br]- Oh, men will really enjoy this.

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♪ Come through and [bleep][br]'em in my automobile ♪

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- ♪ Like, dun-d-d-dun-dun-d-d-dun-dun ♪[br]- ♪ My anaconda don't ♪

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"My anaconda"? What?

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Well, we know-- we know[br]we're not referring to a snake.

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♪ ...got buns, hon ♪

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I definitely would not be[br]watching this if I weren't here.

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Booty, booty.

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♪ Look at, look at, look at,[br]look at her butt ♪

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♪ This dude named Michael... ♪

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Ten years ago, they couldn't

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show stuff like this on TV, you know?

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♪ ...a tower, I ain't[br]talking about Eiffel's ♪

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The clothes are getting[br]skimpier and skimpier.

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♪ I let him hit it[br]'cause he slang cocaine ♪

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♪ He toss my salad like his name Romaine ♪

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♪ Little in the middle, but she got... ♪

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I don't know how they can[br]get away with this stuff nowadays.

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♪ ...don't want none unless you got buns ♪

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Very suggestive.

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- ♪ He love this fat ass ♪[br]- Oh wow.

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- (Minaj laughs maniacally)[br]- (chuckles)

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♪ Where my fat ass ♪

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- ♪ Big bitches in the club? ♪[br]- Oh my goodness.

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A gentleman has joined the film.

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♪ ...bitches in the mother[bleep] club ♪

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♪ [bleep] you if you[br]skinny bitches, what? Kyuh! ♪

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Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.

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♪ I got a big fat ass (echoing) ♪

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Yes, you do, darling.

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Did these two get an Oscar for this?

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Now, you wonder why kids[br]are so screwed up nowadays,

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because of this kind of [bleep].

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Come on. Clean it up. Clean it up.

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- ♪ Hey! ♪[br]- (school bell rings)

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(whispers) Is it over? Yes. Oh, thank god.

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Oh my goodness.

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Wowee zowee, Batman.

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I thought I had a voluptuous figure,

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but she makes me[br]look like a little wallflower.

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(movie reel clicks)

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(Finebros) How would you[br]describe this music video?

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How would I describe it?[br]It's very sultry, sexy.

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Bump and grind kind of burlesque thing.

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It's a porn video.

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Soft pornography.

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Very sexual.

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But they did it nicely.

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In my day, inappropriate.

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Today, I mean, at least[br]they were wearing clothes.

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- (Finebros) You know who the artist is?[br]- No, I don't.

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No, I don't.

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No.

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No, I don't.

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It was a "Nicki Minaj."

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- Nicki Minaj.[br]- Nicki Minaj.

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(Finebros) Her name is Nicki Minaj.

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(intrigued) Nicki Minaj.[br]Like a ménage à trois.

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(Finebros) So she is one of[br]the most famous artists

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in hip hop and rap music.

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That's 'cause she's got a nice big ass.

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(Finebros) But she is hugely successful[br]and came from nothing

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to get where she is today.[br]What are your thoughts on that?

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Well, I think she deserves it.

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Her hip hop is positive[br]enough. It's catchy.

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I love to see girls succeed.

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I have a little problem with[br]the exploitation of her body.

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She has a lot of talent.

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I don't know why she has to sell it on sex

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and why she can't trail-blaze[br]some kind of new path in hip hop

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that doesn't involve sheer sexuality.

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(Finebros) We're gonna[br]hand you the lyrics.

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- So can you please read this aloud?[br]- Oh good.

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I'm glad it's in big print.

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(dramatically) "My anaconda don't.[br]My anaconda don't."

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"My a--" (cracks up)

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"My anaconda don't want none[br]unless you've got the buns, hon."

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So I can't be in a relationship[br]unless I have a big butt?

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Is that what this is saying?

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(Finebros) So what does[br]"anaconda" really mean?

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I'm not really too sure.

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It's a big ol' snake.

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(Finebros) Do they mean it[br]as an actual snake?

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I'm gonna hope she did.

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It means he has very large personal parts.

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Maybe somebody's big [bleep].

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Big [bleep] wants a big ass, right?

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- (Finebros) It means a big penis.[br]- Ohh.

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Oh! My goodness.

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Now it makes sense.[br]Thank you for the translation.

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(Finebros) This is the[br]album cover for the song.

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Yeah, it shows her big--[br]she has a nice big ass.

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There's a lot of cleavage there,[br]but it's not on her chest.

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I don't like the cover.[br]She's better than that.

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So anyone can see this? Oh my.

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I think it makes it hard on all women.

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We're so much more than sex,

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and this is saying[br]this is all you need to see.

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This is all we need to be.

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(Finebros) What would have[br]happened if an artist

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released album artwork like this[br]back when you were younger?

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They probably would[br]have been thrown in jail.

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They would have never gotten it out.

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This kind of stuff[br]you went to Tijuana to find.

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It was not available.

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Jack Paar got kicked off the air

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for referring to the bathroom[br]in the early '60s.

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People were hysterical when[br]Marilyn Monroe's skirt went up.

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(Finebros) So this song[br]has been very controversial.

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On one side, there's people saying[br]that this is a feminist song

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and that women can be proud[br]of their body and express themselves

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- however they want.[br]- No, I don't-- I don't--

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I can't subscribe to that.

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I think it's a little shocking,[br]and I'm ashamed.

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This, to me, is not a way[br]of making women equal.

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Better getting the same salary[br]that a male employee would get.

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That would be more important[br]than displaying their tush.

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There is absolutely[br]nothing wrong with taking joy

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in your body and in sex,

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the problem being that[br]this influences young girls.

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These are the most popular things,

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and they think that[br]this is all it's all about.

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(Finebros) On the flip side,[br]people say that this video

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- is just objectifying women.[br]- No, not really.

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Just showing off a nice body.

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I don't think so.

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Everybody is doing[br]that same kind of thing.

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I agree with them.

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Yeah, and she puts out a video

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to where you only want[br]to look at the "objects."

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It's too bad that the younger stars[br]that are making all the money

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and that are high-profile[br]feel like they have to resort

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to this kind of sexualizing of themselves.

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It seems to make it okay[br]to view women in this way.

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If men get the idea

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that they can just think[br]of women as sexual beings,

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then, I mean, there were[br]over 200,000 rapes of women

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in the United States last year.

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(Finebros) There's also a third angle[br]where people say that

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this controversy is people[br]taking this too seriously

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and the song is kind of[br]a silly, funny song.

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Does that make this type of thing okay?

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Yeah, I think it's okay.

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I think it's just entertainment[br]and somebody

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trying to become popular[br]so she can make money.

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I don't think it's a good excuse, no.

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Fun and sexy could be done[br]with a little more tongue-in-cheek.

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What would happen if she put out[br]something that was still fun

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and still interesting[br]but more spiritually uplifting?

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I think it'd be really interesting[br]to see somebody do that.

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In your lifetime, do you feel like culture

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has gotten better or worse[br]when it comes to issues

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- like objectification of women?[br]- Worse.

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I think it may be going a little too far.

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We are going downhill fast.

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There always has been sex around,

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and I think that each generation[br]accepts it at a different level.

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It's not that different than[br]it was through the generations.

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I think it's just we're becoming much more

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relaxed about what we tolerate.

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I came from the era when

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everything we had to do was to please men.

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That's no longer the case,[br]and it's wonderful,

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and there's a wonderful freedom[br]that I wish I'd grown up in.

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But with the good, you know,[br]comes the extremism.

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(Finebros) So what do[br]you think can be done

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to fix this situation,[br]at least to some degree?

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Give them a pair of trousers.

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It really is up to the individual.

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I would hope that the public would speak

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in the way of not buying into[br]the videos, not buying the music.

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You cannot legislate morality.

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Who's the judge in saying[br]this went too far?

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Problem is, if you start putting[br]rules and regulations

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in trying to stop this stuff,

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you're gonna have a lot of problems.

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There has to be a happy medium somewhere.

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(Finebros) Finally, what[br]would you want to say

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to younger people who are watching this

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on how to process this world[br]that has so much sexuality in it?

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What context would you want[br]to leave people with?

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I'd say accept it with a grain of salt.[br]It's only a music video.

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This is better than[br]watching a bloody movie.

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This is not the norm.

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Everybody doesn't walk around doing that.

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The motive is to sell something.

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That's not the way people[br]comport themselves in everyday life.

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I'd like to see them open up[br]their heads and go take a walk.

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Get out of this pop culture

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and expand your mind and[br]your horizons and learn about

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all the other wonderful things[br]the world has to offer.

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I would tell young people to go[br]and watch it with their parents.

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If you go, "Oh no," then stop and think

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is this really something[br]you want to do then?

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If you're sneaking this,[br]then in your heart,

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you do know there's something[br]a little bizarre about it.

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Thanks for watching[br]this episode of Elders React.

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♪ (ragtime music) ♪