ok so one of the things i've been struggling with as a
responsible bleeding heart liberal, is this: yes, all
these wonderful things should get funded, but is
governement (as we know it) even the appropriate
channel for that? (obviously this is quite a paradigm
shift...so let's leave it alone for now)
but with this talk of money and poverty and funding
and art and the discreet charm of the bourgoisie and
its pandering to minorities in the form of latin
megastars, and the role of audience and how we don't
value art from the guts out, you gotta think of
brazil, right? one of the most respected origins of
shake-yo-ass-cofuse-yo-mental art and they are pretty
poor. So where does it come from? Africa? Goverment?
A tendency to break into impormptu song? the need
for a coping mechanism for poverty? And what of this
rumor that the kids these days distance themselves
from sambe like we shy away from country, and are more
into american-ized styles?
I'm not even going to try to answer b/c I don't know
jack shit.
If anyone knows something, it'd be cool if you could
share.
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