to think my dh's video is sexist?

[lascar]

He spent the last seven weeks up in his room making this (while I'm downstairs looking after the kids). He says it's covertly feminist and not a dig at me. Confused: www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_2237807847&feature=iv&src_vid=akDyMhBqXME&v=4WIUjd7mUFY

If you think it's sexist why would you link it? Looking for hits?

It's just not making any point. It's not funny...which is the main issue. It has no irony or wit.

No. Genuinely don't know how to read it and asking for impartial opinions

If I wanted hits for my DH's video, what would be a covert way of doing that? I know!

It's quite shit. Sorry.

You can't "read" it because it's not funny. If he'd wanted to make a vid which commented wittily on music videos today...and how they hole women into certain roles, then he needed a song which was catchy and which had some funny lines in it...not endless, irritatingly high pitched "Ig I were a woman!" and boring scenes of dolls in day to day situations. He's missed the mark by a mile.

Gah, awful.
Hth

I'm not asking for judgement on its quality or the standard of its humour. I'm trying to work through an argument I'm having with him.

Well that's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back. Is it meant to be funny? It's not. Sorry.
It's quite annoying. In fact it's very annoying.

What's the argument?

He says it's pro woman

"in a very subtle way"

It is overwhelmingly, unbelievably, astoundingly shit.

The fact that it took him seven weeks to come up with something so desperately unfunny and devoid of any talent, wit or humour is quite amazing.

Does he not have a real job or something better to do with his time?

Yes...what's the argument? You think it's sexist because it doesn't say anything other than crass, slightly mean things about women...he's made an attempt to be funny and it hasn't worked. Doesn't come across as anything other than a boring waste of time. Sorry to be harsh but it's true. Making vids which garner laughter and shares is a profession now and very few people can do it well.

Is he manslaining feminism to you? Bless.

I like it

That was really bad.

The song was repetitive and I can't really answer your question because I have no idea what he was trying to say except for 'if I was a woman'

That is all I got from it.

So subtle that no one except him 'gets' it?
Yes. It's that subtle. Like pp have said, 7 weeks? For that? For that reason alone I would go ballistic at him. Apart from the fact that he's made a completely shit video which means nothing & isn't even pleasant to look at or listen to.
Tell him to stick to filming cats doing daft things if he wants you tube hits.

Pack his bags, OP.

Ship him off to the job centre to look for something else to work on.

That was 4 minutes of disturbing drivel.

! I'm laughing...

Branleuse, are you Mr lascar?!

Sorry I wouldnt think it funny that I was left on my todd to look after the kids while the other parent dicked around on nothing. What did he hope to achieve?

I agree with MrsTP - he seems to be suffering from a severe case of mansplaining.
Perhaps he needs to create work based on his own experiences instead of his assumptions about women's experiences? Might be less of a mahoosive fail.

lol no, but it was a bit obscure and silly. It reminded me a bit of flight of the chonchords,

I do think its a bit mean to post it here just for criticism though. If I was into film making and my dp put it up on his internet message board to get everyone to criticise it, id feel a bit hurt.

Yes but FotC is funny
He's spent the last 7 weeks holed up in his bedroom like a wanking teenager while his wife gets on with family life, he deserves random internet strangers telling him a few home truths.