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Stranger still is that there were clues that this was coming! Decades earlier, at a 1965 press conference, Dylan was asked, “If you were going to sell out to a commercial interest, which one would you choose?” The audience laughed and Dylan responded with a smirk: “Ladies’ garments.” Considering Dylan’s capacity for creating complex tapestries throughout his songbook, there’s a distinct possibility he was playing the long game.
Here are just a few of the things I ponder as I watch the ad on loop: Did Dylan and Adriana Lima, his sultry supermodel costar, get along? Is this all some conceptual art project? Am I giving this weird-ass commercial way too much creative credit? Was it the dumbest thing Dylan ever did or one of the most genius? I consider the fact that Dylan and Lima are never seen in the same shot. Neither one of them speak. The sexual innuendo is conveyed through the editing: Lima struts. Cut to Dylan .
Perhaps Mr. Dylan lent himself to this ad to make a statement regarding sexuality and artistry/authenticity as not having to be separate, and that men and women can both hold each characteristic, simultaneously. DV
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Why was “love sick” selected? Was “lay Lady lay” not suggestive enough?
As he told a friend of mine 'I support a lot of people.'