I agree with your take on Thicke- no need to spill more ink on that topic. I think that it is apt to compare the two however, because they are both objectifying ladies. They exist in this video as objects for the viewer, without any hint of subversion. There are too many unsavory cases where “free love” was just a pretense for sexual coercion in these kinds of cults- to just use it as scene dressing in a music video is simply crass. Presence of nudity is special, and to pretend otherwise is disingenuous; that’s why we aren’t talking about bunny masks.
