After listening to it, I think the song tried to bridge a gap, but it was rather sugar-coated. Both men could have gone farther in addressing the problem in the lyrics.
Because racism is a problem in this country. And it's becoming more and more obvious since President Obama was elected in 2008 when a great deal of festering ugliness exploded across the nation.
On last Thursday's Colbert Report, Stephen and guest Alan Cumming sang their own parody concerning homophobia.
Did you laugh?
I laughed. I probably would have laughed harder if the parody wasn't in the coattails of nasty problems from last week.
One of the points of art is to get the human race to examine itself. One of the roles of artists is to ask the hard questions, to examine the things about ourselves we don't want to acknowledge.
As clumsy as Brad and LL's duet is, it has gotten people talking about stereotypes and judgments, on the internet and in real life. Maybe it will be the turning point in solving four hundred years of shit in this country.
I hope it is.
I really do.
I can't hear it on this computer. But I can at least watch things now that my Java is updated.
ReplyDeleteGuess it's time to steal Tim's computer, Whisk! :D
ReplyDeleteI gotta get some crappy speakers but I keep forgetting. And we were just at Staples yesterday getting a second monitor.
ReplyDeleteWe got home and Tim says, we didn't get your speakers. But I was too tired to go back out.
I may be able to help! I'll e-mail you.
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