tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212346.post2865030473216752484..comments2021-07-20T14:05:47.042-07:00Comments on <big>q</big>uixotic infidel <sup><small><small><small>(the)</small></small></small></sup>: irreverence as art . . .Quixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03126711689901268060noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9212346.post-69100596091895294652007-12-24T18:56:00.000-08:002007-12-24T18:56:00.000-08:00What I find fascinating is how the grotesque becom...What I find fascinating is how the grotesque becomes co-opted by the market and becomes part of a loop that reinforces its presence rather than its exclusion.<BR/><BR/>Take the Monica Lewinski scandal. Has the word "blowjob" or the phrase "oral sex" ever been such a natural part of our lives until that point? Nope. But now it is.<BR/><BR/>Pornography used to be an underground phenomenon. Now - because the cat got out of the bag that it is a massive market when ex-pornstars went hip hop and opened up their own lines of revenue in production and clothing among other things, it is as mainstream as apple pie and NFL football.<BR/><BR/>The beauty of sub-culture is that it remains sub-culture until it is marketed. Grunge was that way as is hip-hop. Those who were identified as "grunge" never even would have used any term to identify themselves other than hard rock fans.<BR/><BR/>So watch the circle revolve with the latest sub-cultural boundary rupturing structure become popular boundary condition.<BR/><BR/>What I like are those who to really hot and then went back to their roots eschewing popularity for brilliance. David Bowie, REM, Radiohead, kind of pushed back their boundaries by re-establishing them unlike U2 who decided to use their music as a platform to support Bono's causes and continue to play to the popular to retain that base.<BR/><BR/>In film I find Jeff Bridges, Kate Winslet, Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Johnny Depp, and Naomi Watts among the more interesting actors in their body of work. They can get very popular when thy choose to, but their brilliant moments come in far more postmodern forms.Drew Tatuskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12344192935890766744noreply@blogger.com