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Post by Admin on Feb 6, 2020 18:35:45 GMT
Miss Americana gives us a few glimpses of Swift devising killer hooks for the album and discreetly refers to Swift’s current romance without mentioning the boy in question, the English actor Joe Alwyn. The best bits are the ones fraught with tender candor. Swift is seen being disappointed to hear over the phone that Reputation didn’t get any significant Grammy love. Assessing her dance moves in a video, she compares herself to the slowest rhino in a stampede: “First to get eaten.” She asserts, “I have a really slappable face.” I’m not sure Lennon carried this burden either, but Swift cares deeply about what peers and fans think of her, hence song lyrics reacting to what irrelevant life forms say about her on social media. She notes that #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty once ruled Twitter chatter and allows that her own pictures fill her with disgust: a bit of convexity in the midsection will “trigger me to just starve a little bit, to just stop eating.” She says she had an eating disorder, and dismal pictures from a few years ago provide the proof, although it’s all in the past, or so she thinks. She is no longer as thin as the average butter knife or pack of Dentyne, but it’s a struggle to accept that this is fine: “We’re changing the channel in our brain — ‘we’re not doing that anymore,’” goes her internal monologue. What Is Happening with Iran? The final act of the film finds Swift wading into politics, which turn out to be defined by a belief that the GOP is a gay-hating den of misogyny. Advisers are shown urging her to remain a lighthouse of nonpartisanship in a roiling sea of disputation — imagine, says one, doing something that could “halve the number of people that come to your next tour” — but the singer insists that she is passionate about her beliefs and can no longer leave them unsaid. She joins the Resistance by giving her Instagram endorsement to a Tennessee Democrat in a 2018 Senate race that the Republican, Marsha Blackburn, would win by double digits. Swift is seen calling President Trump “a homophobic racist” and the GOP “fascist” and says she can’t stay neutral about gay people when “someone’s literally coming for their neck.” Is that so? In Swift’s imagining, if Democrats don’t win elections, “If you even look like a gay couple you [can] be kicked out of a restaurant.” Given that the only people getting chased out of restaurants on ideological grounds these days appear to be Trump supporters, Swift would be wise to follow through on her expressed desire to “educate myself” about who the bullies of our culture are, and who they aren’t. I got a blank space in this NR subscription form, Taylor, and I’ll write your name.
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Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2020 18:33:28 GMT
Taylor Swift’s Journey to Wokeness “Miss Americana” is really about how Taylor Swift got woke. Conservatives like to gloat about how little influence celebrities have on elections, but Swift’s decision to come out in favor of Democrat Phil Bredesen in the 2019 midterm election may have affected youth voter turnout in Tennessee. The documentary claims more than 50,000 young voters registered last-minute, allegedly due to Swift’s plea to her fans to get involved, although election trends indicate spiked voter registration before an election is the norm. She posted her political coming-out statement on Instagram, where she has 126 million followers. As Swift notes at one point, millions of them will soon be voters, and she plans to use her platform to shape their views. It’s possible, however, this statement actually unintentionally spurred voters to hit the polls for Marsha Blackburn, since Tennessee is a red state. Swift’s supposed metamorphosis is so painfully wooden, one suspects she green-lit the documentary specifically to plug her leftist bona fides. At one point she actually clinks her wine glass and announces, “Cheers to the Resistance!” “Miss Americana” is the saga of Swift’s willingness to “run from fascism” — yes, she said that — and it plods through her throes of conscience, her argument with her handlers over whether she should go political, and the tremendous weight that apparently lifted off her shoulders when she joined the other courageous celebrities who have dared to brave the backlash and step out against Donald J. Trump. “I feel really good about not being muzzled anymore,” she says at one point. In what is clearly supposed to be a climactic and moving moment, “Miss Americana” highlights her tearful reaction to Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn’s Senate victory over Bredesen, with Swift calling Blackburn “Trump in a wig” and “the kind of female” who appeals to “the kind of female males want us to be in a horrendous, 1950s world.” Swift just doesn’t understand how someone so evil could have accrued so many votes.
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Post by Admin on Feb 10, 2020 19:16:15 GMT
One of Netflix's first big documentaries of this year made a big splash at Sundance and was released on the streaming giant not long after. Netflix's Taylor Swift: Miss Americana proves to be an intriguing snapshot of the celebrity not just for superfans, but Swift neophytes as well. It's not every day that we get to see the curtain pulled back as far as we do with someone of Swift's caliber. Here are some of the most and least surprising things from the Swift doc. 8 Most Surprising: Cats On The Piano Taylor Swift's unabashed love for cats is well known. But in one of the first scenes of the movie, we can see her playing a song on the piano with a kitten crawling over the keys at the same time. Anyone who has played the piano knows that it is difficult enough to play without anything but your hands to touch the keys. Having a kitten, as cute as it may be, crawl over the keys while you play either means you really love cats or you have a high tolerance for distracting things while you play. 7 Least Surprising: Eating Disorder We'll be clear here. This is not to say that Taylor Swift is any less deserving of our empathy here. Anyone who struggles with eating disorders deserves compassion and help. One of Miss Americana's more salient points is that popstars are not immune to the same emotional and physical struggles we all face and we shouldn't assume otherwise. That being said, this did not come as a huge surprise given the unrealistic expectations that are placed upon all women to be skinny in American culture. Swift is human, too, and shouldn't be held to a higher standard even when the spotlight's on.
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Post by Admin on Feb 12, 2020 1:06:27 GMT
6 Most Surprising: Kanye Incident Aftermath When Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift in the middle of an award acceptance speech, it lit the entertainment news world on fire for weeks. Whether you cared about either musician was beside the point; who had ever just gotten up and interrupted a celebrity while receiving an award? What's most surprising about this incident is not that Swift believed that when people were booing West for getting on stage and disparaging her, the criticism was directed at her. It is not surprising that one would be very emotionally affected by another music artist coming up and saying you're not deserving an award, but that Swift believed she was losing fans instantaneously over such an outrageous stunt was not what we expected to hear. 5 Least Surprising: Youthful Talent Miss Americana begins with various flashbacks from Swift's early days. While we were still impressed, we weren't terribly surprised to see that even when she was 12 years old, she was performing and demonstrating her skills to crowds in her hometown. Swift signed her first recording deal as a teenager so it makes sense that her talent had to have manifested early in life. Swift doesn't make it out to be all rosy either, though, so while we wouldn't mind having her musical talents, we're just fine not having the fame that often comes with it. In a brief scene, Swift is seen talking with one of her co-workers in the studio asking him if he wants a burrito. This conversation eventually leads Swift to confess she had never had a burrito until a few years ago (approximately 2016?). While Swift grew up in Pennsylvania and Tennesse where burritos may not have been the most popular food, they have certainly not been a rarity in the U.S. Even if you don't like them, how do you manage to get into your 20s without having at least tried a burrito? This is quite the feat, Taylor.
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Post by Admin on Feb 12, 2020 21:04:36 GMT
4 Most Surprising: Creative Influence On Music Videos While most of her early music videos were pretty straightforward and lowkey, Taylor Swift's music videos have become more and more bright and poppy. As she discusses the upcoming music video for their song ME! with Brandon Urie, it is fascinating to see how much of the concepts for that video are in fact her ideas, not those of some other creative producer. We knew that she has always written her own songs, but we did not expect to see that creativity extend into the production of her music videos as well. 3 Most Surprising: $1 Lawsuit Taylor Swift, like way too many other women, is a victim of sexual assault. Miss Americana naturally takes time to address what the experience of her taking action against her offender was like. What was most surprising about this incident was that rather than sue her offender for an exorbitant amount of money that she would fully have the right to do so, she only sued for $1. Yes, Swift has quite a high net worth and doesn't need the money, but that didn't need to preclude her from seeking further monetary damages. It speaks to her genuine desire to shed a light on the prevalence of sexual assault. 2 Most Surprising: Political Action In Tennesee For most of her career, as many musicians are wont to do, Swift has made it a point to remain completely out of politics. We were surprised to see the behind the scenes process of Swift standing up to her overlords and flat out going against their advice to speak out against Tennesse congresswoman Marsha Blackburn. Swift has had plenty of opportunities to go into the political foray before this moment and it was interesting to see why she chose Blackburn's run for congress as her chance to speak out. For someone whose efforts to speak out against hate haven't always been met with praise, it was good to see her genuine desire to try and make a difference with the voice she had. 1 Most Surprising: Beatles-Level Success Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift has come to be one of the most prominent music artists working in the industry today. Even knowing that, though, it was still pretty impressive to hear a clip from The Graham Norton Show where he noted that the success of several of her albums is comparable to that of The Beatles. We knew that she was big, but making the same kind of music history as The Beatles is truly something. Even if Swift doesn't have another hit ever again, that success is something she will always be able to point to.
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