Remember the controversy around this song a few years ago?

I wonder if this role-reversal version would have been viewed as better or worse. I always kind of liked it, and for me this version is better. They should be playing this like they play Mariah Carey.

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Amylynne · 26-30, F

there is somethng about this tho.. Ihave heard that song my whole life.
I get the spriti in wich it is intended.
But i have meet women who have expressed a negative opinion

role-reversal version ? I think we are years from that being offensive
just like man seduces student... he goes to jail

WOman seduces student
Way to go Dude!

bijouxbroussard · F

@Amylynne Well, the difference is even illustrated in the 1949 movie, Neptune’s Daughter. Ricardo Montalban sings it to Esther Williams—and he’s a wolf. Later, Betty Garrett sings it to Red Skelton, and it’s just as obvious she means business. But there it’s played for laughs.

adorabelle

That controversy stirs up every Christmas because people don't understand the lyrics.

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bijouxbroussard · F

@adorabelle A lot about the context of what is flirtation and consent has changed—and rather dramatically, since 1944.

adorabelle

@bijouxbroussard Oh, gotcha.
Well, thanks for the example of people that don't understand the lyrics.

bijouxbroussard · F

@adorabelle If you can understand the language, you understand the lyrics. But context is everything.
Do you understand what I mean ?

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Much ado about nothing.

MethDozer · M

It's manufactured absurdity. The song is nothing more than flirtatious banter.

It was a marketing ploy and a few people bought into it.

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