From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage
>Again, with respect, I disagree with you here. I am not attempting to define >"art" (quotation marks because only the broadest definition of art would ever >apply to the musical guest on SNL, or any mainstream entertainment media), I >am asking those who found this particular piece of putative art meaningful to >say something about why. Of course that does pre-suppose some definition of >art, but I am happy to let those who like it supply their own. Getting involved in this thread, I feel compelled to answer. However, dance is not my area of the arts, so I’m not able to fully critique. It does seem that Sia’s video style – at least for this album – is to have a surrogate lead character dancing to a broad summary of the lyrics. The choreography is thus more literal than simply dancing to the beat or vamping to the camera. I don’t know if you’d classify her style as (post)modern dance or just ballet. Whatever it is, it’s different and unfamiliar, and is not often seen as a stylistic choice for a pop-music video. As a result, high-brow culture meets mass media, and nobody knows what to make of the other. Hopefully, this made things a little less vague. (And if it makes you feel better, I got weirded out trying to determine whether the Shia surrogate on “SNL” was male or not.) _ _ |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
