The amount of scrutiny and hate this obscure musician has gotten since she hooked up with Neil Gaiman does color this a little poorly for me, yeah.
*clings* YES. It can't help but color it when it's the exact substance of at least a third of the comments I've read on the issue. And when I distinctly remember UnfunnyBusiness reacting with nearly the same level of moral outrage to her shameless desecration of the musical integrity of the Boston Pops.*g* (As a lifelong Bostonian: AHAHAHAHA!)
And count me as part of the non-hive who sees it as worth discussing (really discussing, not just repeating the same thing over and over and telling people who discuss it from any other angle that they're derailing/tangential/showing their privilege) but not worth treating like it's the WORST. FAIL. EVER. IN HISTORY. rather than somebody consciously drawing from the most over-the-top tropes possible.
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Date: 2010-02-21 11:32 pm (UTC)*clings* YES. It can't help but color it when it's the exact substance of at least a third of the comments I've read on the issue. And when I distinctly remember UnfunnyBusiness reacting with nearly the same level of moral outrage to her shameless desecration of the musical integrity of the Boston Pops.*g* (As a lifelong Bostonian: AHAHAHAHA!)
And count me as part of the non-hive who sees it as worth discussing (really discussing, not just repeating the same thing over and over and telling people who discuss it from any other angle that they're derailing/tangential/showing their privilege) but not worth treating like it's the WORST. FAIL. EVER. IN HISTORY. rather than somebody consciously drawing from the most over-the-top tropes possible.
Pretty much this. Sigh.