The worst part is, a good number will just forward the story or run with the story without even watching the video.
Taylor Swift's New Music Video Accused of "Channeling White Colonialism"
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The worst part is, a good number will just forward the story or run with the story without even watching the video.
Vicetrailia
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Quite frankly, I don't have time to be concerned with what Taylor swift is doing. She's self important, and her apple stunt left a really bad taste in my mouth as it is.
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The lyrics in that song are terrible.
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The lyrics in that song are terrible.
brisk tacos
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Fucking lol at the idea of TAYLOR SWIFT channeling or promoting white colonialism. A 25 year old country/pop star. 1989 is a jam and a half of an album, though.
Subpar Spatula
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Probably not that she's channeling it but that it just happens so naturally that no one questions the filming process. Like, did anyone say, "Should we do this?"
I honestly think that part of it is that, in light of recent events involving her, the media feels like they can finally start taking shots at her (right or wrong). Like, I don't see her getting as much of a pass from them here on.
Given the publicity, I'd say they should be answering that question with an emphatic "Yes, we should" if they're looking out for their own interests.
Christopher
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How I'm feeling on this too
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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PeskyToaster
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Taylor Swift is pretty hot in the video though so I give it a pass.
Pinko Marx
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MrCunningham
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It was just a stupid romantic fantasy in her head that they were filming in some exotic part of Africa. While in reality, her and generic model guy were on some cheap back lot movie set standing in front of a matte painting. It fits with the title of the song; "Wildest Dreams".
You're missing the point. They're whitewashing the era, highlighting the beautiful/glamorous aspects of the time and place while omitting the elephant in the room - just as movies of that era did. Except we should know better now.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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It's a Taylor Swift video
how many of us would have even known about it if not for this thread or the linked articles
Yeah - it's Taylor Swift. One of the most successful people in the industry, whose videos gets tens of millions of views. If not hundreds of millions. So to answer your question, probably a lot.
It is channeling classic Hollywood. Period. Full stop.
Not everything has layers of meaning.
NHarmonic.
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It's a music video...
People trying too hard.
People trying too hard.
Kibbles
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I get it, 'VIDEO SHOT IN AFRICA HAS NO AFRICANS' makes for an attention grabbing headline but it is really reaching if you watched the damn thing. Why would there be african people? They were foreigners shooting a movie in the middle of wildlife not in an African city. There were some African crew members on the set of the fictional movie they were shooting by the way.
It wasn't what I was expecting to be but I thought they fit a great story in 3 and a half minutes and ALL proceeds going to African Wildlife Conservation is awesome.
It wasn't what I was expecting to be but I thought they fit a great story in 3 and a half minutes and ALL proceeds going to African Wildlife Conservation is awesome.
NHarmonic.
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Maybe we should be acting against, you know, the real problem. Not a pop artist and a fucking music video.
Society's inability to hold artistic mediums accountable for perpetuating problematic tropes is a real problem though.
Massive Duck. C.M.
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sarcasmeter broken
PhoenixDark
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I can't even say I'm stunned by the pathetic level "think pieces" go to insert themselves in pop culture these days. The Daily Dot article in the OP is trash - almost as bad as this childish song. The immediate jump to colonialism accusations...about 1930s Hollywood film being shot in Africa - I don't even know what to say. Not to mention the revival of even more baseless attacks on the imagery in Shake If Off. It must be exhausting to sit around looking for things to be offended by.
Side note: this is now the third Swift song I have heard. Trash. The lyrics are bad, it's a basic pop song...there's nothing noteworthy about anything I've heard from her.
Side note: this is now the third Swift song I have heard. Trash. The lyrics are bad, it's a basic pop song...there's nothing noteworthy about anything I've heard from her.
uhhhhhhh. nah you should let them do what they want to do. New age trigger police bloggers are what need to be ignored.
Velcro Fly
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hahaha holy shit the Taylor Swift hate in this thread is amazing
i can't even believe this is a thing either
i can't even believe this is a thing either
NintendoRev
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so is "channeling white colonialism" going to be the new "appropriating black culture"?
I prefer the new age trigger police over the old school ignore the elephant in the room mentality.
I didn't realize people's personal extrapolations were synonymous with proof of explicit advocacy there of.
This is inherent to the problem though. Save Africa the land mass, but not the people starving, struggling, and dying on it.
brisk tacos
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You mean like...every pop artist? There is such a hard on for Taylor Swift on GAF lately, and it's bizarre. Almost as big as the sudden hatred for Rondo Rousey. But the weird thing is how many people hate on Swift for being a smart businesswoman, like somehow you can't be an artist and want to make money.
Supermanisdead
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What's truly shocking is that she completely jacked Lana Del Rey's look, style and ACTUAL MUSIC.
I mean listen to this and then check out this. Pretty blatant.
Not to mention the complete jacking of her look from the Young and Beautiful video.
Not the first time she's copied Lana, but it's definitely the most obvious. Basically every review of the song mentions Lana too, rofl
I mean listen to this and then check out this. Pretty blatant.
Not to mention the complete jacking of her look from the Young and Beautiful video.
Not the first time she's copied Lana, but it's definitely the most obvious. Basically every review of the song mentions Lana too, rofl
Citadelofmythoughts
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It's inevitable, get too big, too popular and people can't wait to tear you down. It's a never-ending cycle.
Read a book.
Kibbles
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Uh her look was paying homage to her grandmother, Marjorie Finlay.
Lana baby, we made it!
Supermanisdead
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her grandmother wrote without you?
Or Peggy Carter?
Damn pop gaf really does get catty thinking the world revolves around their little icons.
Crumpet Trumpet
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Jesus Christ. I remember when her "I thought you were Trouble" video pretty much hijacked Lana's ride video, but THIS is just a complete ripoff. she's a fake!
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