Metanarrative
1- ‘I should be so lucky’
She is portrayed as a teenage girl eve though she is in her 20’s.
The blackboard behind her says ‘I luv you’ in a childish manner which suggests youth and innocence.
The pink bedroom with the heart shaped cushions suggests something girly and childish. The white night gown also suggests virginity. These points could be trying to convey youth, innocence and purity and as a result we immediately think ‘teenage girl’.
In the bath -> suggests nudity and maturity.
4-poster bed -> possession, wealth, maturity but also sexual submission.
Dancing around the house -> Showing herself off, putting herself on display to other men but could also suggest innocence and immaturity.
This metanarrative would appeal to older men because as well as being young and attractive, there is also sexual symbology.
Lyrically, Kylie creates a mixed theme of childish and maturity such as;
The repetition of ‘lucky’ represents being happy go lucky.
The word ‘love’ is seen as something more mature.
The direct mode of address to the audience suggests happiness and innocence but also seductiveness.
The nightclub setting suggests maturity and adulthood.
Her gold shorts could be a metaphor for a precious metal and therefore suggesting sexual desires and the fact that she is showing off her legs in shorts and high heels insinuates she is putting herself on show and can also suggest seductiveness.
The sofas and bars promote one-night-stands because of the plush furnishings suggesting getting comfortable and the bar suggests alcohol and getting drunk.
The cocktails being served at the bar are seen as being feminine which suggests that this club is mostly dominated by females who want to show themselves off to the few men on the sofas.
Kylie and the man in the video could be portrayed as being Adam and Eve due to the biblical references such as the snake and the apples on the tree.
The fact that Minogue is seen floating in the river suggests death, mortality and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.
The references to red roses and her red lipstick suggests blood, love, passion and danger.
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