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Kanye is not on suggested

rmrd0000 — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:24:41 +0000

In reply to An American icon is born again

Kanye is not on suggested medication and is feeling on top of the world.

I am reminded that Snoop Dogg put out a gospel album, "Bible of Love", then continued to call women female dogs.

Sure, it's like an American

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:53:09 +0000

In reply to Well tastes differ, I really

Sure, it's like an American "The Gods Must Be Crazy" or real life (kinda) Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder. Borat for sociologists.

Well tastes differ, I really

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:38:37 +0000

In reply to A half million people in

Well tastes differ, I really got a kick out of reading all the townie reactions. But then I am a sucker for cross-cultural stuff.

A half million people in

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:14:40 +0000

In reply to Ok, I see the above piece as

A half million people in bushland the size of California - who gives a shit. Demi Moore used to go to Montana to play with dollhouses. Riveting.

Ok, I see the above piece as

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 07:01:31 +0000

In reply to An American icon is born again

Ok, I see the above piece as a sort of 'splainer for non-Americans about something which to them is an inscrutably complex American cultural phenomenon, hence it covers a lot of past history. A day or two ago, I read this NYTimes piece which was more straightforward but equally or more fascinating, wherein reporter goes to check out what Yeezy and crew are up to in rural Wyoming and how the locals are with that:

What is Kanye West doing in Wyoming? @jonesieman went there to find out. https://t.co/91YCea9o8R
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2020

The surprise: he seems to fit right in.

Excerpts:

artappraiser — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 06:53:06 +0000

In reply to An American icon is born again

Excerpts:

In America’s ruthless culture war, there are few victories more cherished than a defection. On the rare occasion an actor, singer, author or sports star pops up on the other side of the fence, they are paraded like Stalin’s daughter in New York or Kim Philby in Moscow. Republicans have long struggled for street cred, falling back on ageing actors for celebrity endorsements, so the arrival of a black hip-hop superstar on their side of the argument was welcomed with a glee matched only by the other side’s outrage.

For all its religious force and popular success, West’s message makes for an awkward fit with the media world that created him. Interviewers are stumped by the radicalism of his message and the earnestness with which he delivers it. In a two-hour conversation with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, a former Radio One DJ whose default setting is obsequiousness towards whichever megastar he happens to be talking to, West revealed a conservative worldview that includes everything from a critique of hypersexualised pop culture to a plan for bringing his shoe company’s factories back to the US and a desire for a more humane kind of city planning that is centred on churches and schools.

In the National Review, the theologian Andrew T. Walker summarised the interview as follows: “West has the anthropology of C.S. Lewis, the economics of Wilhelm Röpke, the cultural mood of Wendell Berry, and the defiance of Francis Schaeffer.” Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lowe had no idea what to make of it.