Taylor Swift becomes man in "The Man" video

(ANSA) - NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 29 - Taylor Swift becomes man for the new video "The Man" which challenges, in the #MeToo era, the machetes of the attacking the privileges that still enjoy in the world "alpha" males such as Leonardo DiCaprio in "Wolf of WallStreet or tennis player John McEnroe. Directed and played by Swift, unrecognizable thanks to an elaborate make-up that makes her look impressively like her ex-boyfriend JakeGyllenhaal, the video taken from the" Lover "record disc, following the raids of" Tyler ", the male alter ego of the singer, while Taylor, narrating voice, wonders what life would have been like if she had been born in the body of a man:" I have enough of running as fast as possible wondering if I would arrive first if I was a man ".
Released on Thursday, "The Man" has been viewed so far by over 16 million YouTube users. Taylor does not only target icons of cinema or sport, but also common ways of doing the American male, for example "manspreading" in the subway when he sits spreading his legs and occupies two more seats. On the tennis court, however, the attack is on McEnroe, with which a draft is granted while Serena Williams is fined for thousands of dollars if she takes it out on a referee. (HANDLE).