The “Carry Out” music video of Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake shows notions of heterosexuality, gender, and class through the stereotypical notion of the “playa”. The music video is shown with a diner type of background and displays Timbaland and Justin Timberlake in the middle usually. They are both sexually aroused by many of the female dancers in the music video while the two are singing. They are also in the middle of a parking lot where it has a car service type of diner where female figures roller blade to the car to take their orders.
The video shows notions of heterosexuality when we see two female dancers dancing outside the car of Timbaland. The singers are aroused by the dancers which are dancing around them or hugging them. We also see one of the people in the passenger seat of Timbaland’s car getting really distracted by one of the females dancing outside of the window of his seat. The two females dancing outside Timbaland’s car shows a sense of heterosexuality.
Through the lyrics of the song in the music video, we receive a sense of heterosexuality. The lyrics: “What’s your name? What’s your number? I’m glad I came. Can you take my order?” gives the sense of heterosexuality. Both Timbaland and Justin Timberlake are usually directing the lyrics to the females which are dancing. This shows that they prefer the other gender when it comes to sexuality preference. They are also telling the females to “come closer” while asking the female dancers to take their order. Not only is most of the lyrics are not about ordering at a diner like I.H.O.P., but it is also showing heterosexuality of the singers wanting to have the female dancers.
The camera angles shows heterosexuality. The camera angle aims at most of the females’ breast. The camera angles show us how big the breast of the female dancers is. The camera angle also shows the butt of the female dancers. Both these appearing gives either males or females a notion of desire for the females. One scene with Justin Timberlake sitting in a chair while a maid bends towards him is showing her butt in the angle of the camera. Heterosexuality is shown through the camera angles in the music video.
The actions of the female dancers give a sense of heterosexuality. The females dance in a very heterosexual method. The dancers are moving their bodies in sexual matters. These females are all shaking their bodies and especially their butt and hips most of the time. They are also showing off their slim bodies. As they are dancing they touch some of their body parts in a very slow way. One of the females, which we weren’t able to see, had her arms around Justin Timberlake and slowly moved down towards the floor.
The outfits of the females show notions of femininity and heterosexuality. The way the female dancers are dressed shows a lot of skin. The way the females are dressed shows heterosexuality as well. The way they are dressed shows a lot of skin and it seems that it is especially emphasizing the size of their butts. The females are wearing clothing that is tight or very short. They seem to just have their underwear on without pants, but instead of pants, they have straps going from their underwear to there really long socks or really high boots. The clothing on the female dancers also shows the upper part of their breasts. The maids also show heterosexuality and femininity, where they are wearing clothing that does not cover their backs beside a strap. Their outfits show part of their breast when we see them from the side because their outfits are loose and not covering the back and the side of their arms. The females’ outfit represents both heterosexuality and femininity.
The music video shows Justin Timberlake or Timbaland seated, or in the car, singing to a female dancer shows a notion of masculinity. The female is serving both Timbaland and the passenger in the car. This gives a sense of sexual masculinity where the males are in charge and the female dancers are all there just to serve their needs such as there “order.” The music video gives the males of the music video a sense of masculinity.
The way Justin Timberlake and Timbaland are dressed shows a sense of upper class. Justin Timberlake is wearing a tuxedo type of outfit with a black bow. He is also wearing a fedora. The outfit of which Justin Timberlake is wearing seems like he is a high class person who still favors the past fashion. Timbaland wears an outfit similar to a rich gangster. His outfit is similar to what some of the higher ranked mafia members would wear or the outfit of the higher people of the drug dispensers which we see in the Fast and the Furious movie series. The ways they are dressed show a sense of upper class.
The accessories of which the people in the video are wearing show a sense of middle class to upper class. They are wearing jewelry of which seems to be expensive. There is also a Dr. Dre headphone which is put onto one of the dancers. All these seem to be worth a great amount of money to purchase it. The chains that they are wearing also seem to have cost a bit. They female dancers also seem to be wearing varsity jackets. Varsity jackets which are usually worn by sports players of the middle class to upper class. The accessories worn by the singers and dancers represents somewhat of an attitude of the middle to upper class.
The background shows a type of class. The background, or setting, shows a sense of working to middle class. The background shows us a diner type theme and also a drive-thru type of theme. Usually diners would be used by both working and middle class. The higher classmen tend to not go to diners or drive-thrus because they would usually get most of their food from a higher class place, such as the dining area of a high class hotel, or even high class restaurants. Class is shown through the setting of the music video.
The “Carry Out” music video gives the stereotypical sense of the “playa.” We see the sense of class from the working class, middle class, and upper class, along with notions of gender and heterosexuality. We see all these identities through the clothing of the people, as well as their actions, and also through the lyrics.
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