Star Trek Dance Floor (Too Many Dicks)
Sloane’s first vid is a visual critique of the “re-booted” Star Trek movie selectively edited to the sexist, misogynistic song, “Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor” by Flight of the Concords. While “Too Many Dicks…” was originally about having too many men on the dance floor and not enough women to court, Sloane reclaims it by editing together multiple images of the largely male Star Trek cast to critique it’s male dominated storyline.
“When I saw the Star Trek movie, I was disappointed that J.J. Abrams had dramatically rewritten so many elements of Star Trek canon – and had largely ignored women. I was surprised how many people didn’t seem to think that was a problem, or even that the issue existed.” — Sloane
Her vid eloquently proves her point: it is hard to ignore the male to female ratio in the new updated Star Trek movie. Uhura has the heavy burden of being the only female character with any significant dialog and, to further the disappointment, is written into “the girlfriend” role. The vid is extremely popular in the fan/vidding community, emphasizing the huge demand to see more women in prominent roles on television and in the movies.
This vid also serves as a strong argument for the importance of cam recordings used for visual criticism and critique. It is essential that these types of critiques be made in a timely fashion while films are still fresh in the mind collective consciousness of the public. If vidders and political remixers have to wait to make their visual arguments until a film’s DVD release, than the window for sparking public debate and discussion will often have past.
Because a song’s lyrics are often the critical lens through which the viewer can read the commentary in a vid, we have pasted them below the fold.
Too many dicks on the dance floor
Too many dicks on the dance floor
Too many dicks
Too many dicks on the dance floor
Too many dicks
Too many dicks on the dance floor
Too many dicksGoing to the party
Sippin’ on Bacardi
Wanna meet a hottie
But there’s Adam, Steve and Marty
There’s Billy, Todd and Tommy
They’re on leave from the army
The only boobs I’ll see tonight will be made of origamiTell the players, make it understood
It ain’t no good if there’s too much wood
Make sure you know before you go
The dance floor bro-hoe ratio
Five to one is a brodeo
Tell Steve and Mike it’s time to go
Wait outside all night to find
Twenty dudes in a conga lineToo many dicks on the dance floor
Easy to fix
Too many dicks on the dance floor
Spread out the dicksToo many dudes
With too many dicks
Too close to my shit
Too hard to meet chicks
I need better odds
More broads, less rods
I came to do battle
Scadaddle with the cattle prodsToo many men
Too many boys
Too many misters
Not enough sisters
Too much time on, too many hands
Not enough ladies, too many mansToo many dicks
Too many dongs
Too many schlongs
Now sing this song
Category: vidding
As one of the editors of this blog, I have to admit I watched this vid about 20 times and it just keeps getting better each time! Not only is it totally hilarious but it also perfectly sums up part of my disappointment coming out of the theater after seeing the Trek reboot! I think I just might have to watch it again, you know, just to make sure its working correctly in the site here.
It really does get better. “Not enough ladies, too many mans!” What about Christine Chapel, Number One, Yeoman Rand, Yeoman Colt? I mean, its just infuriating: nobody ever reboots the gender politics. It reminds me a bit of my irritation with Moulin Rouge, which I liked except for how everything got “updated” except for the basic tuburcular “whore with a heart of gold who has to die” plot, because that NEVER GETS OLD. (Hint, guys!! It’s OLD!)
@Francesca
Actually, I was thinking about whether gender politics ever gets rebooted and I realized – yes it does – in Battlestar: Galactica. But what was infuriating about the ST reboot was that it went backwards. Whatever the problems in gender roles in TOS, women were very prominently featured, as guest stars if not as crewmembers. They were really, really important in almost every episode. ST Reboot went out of its way to get rid of them, writing Number One out entirely.
I’m holding out a faint thread of hope that we can see someone like Saavik make an appearance in the next movie.
@Gianduja Kiss
@Gianduja Kiss
True re: BSG, though I always have trouble endorsing it because I’m very suspicious of the storylines around the eights vis a vis gender (and gender-and-race). But yeah, at least gender was something they were clearly thinking about and trying to think through in the reboot!
Oh, that was a load of fun. And an excellent critique, too. (:
GOD that movie was disappointing.
I think it’s early to address the gender trends in reboots — how many have we had? But Trek certainly falls down in a major way.
The song is SO misogynistic but reclaimed, it becomes an anthem and acknowledgment of male dominance (on behalf of men, no less).
Great choice of song and truly transformative.