Music Video Example: Colbie Caillat’s “Falling for You”

I love this music video because it really shows how media producers have taken opportunities to redress the media’s treatment of beauty , not only by the reality TV show “True Beauty” but by songs like this that no longer portray the male hero as stereotypically handsome.  Here, the underdog towards getting the pretty girl actually triumphs!  It goes against the traditional view, as voiced by a comment, “i love this song but that girl is WAY too pretty for him”.  Through this music video we can see that some media producers are digressing from this stereotypical representation in visual media, by implying that love is not always associated with beauty.  Others, unfortunately still exploit this difference between a guy and girl’s looks, e.g. the reality TV show “Beauty and the Geek”.

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