What are people getting out of this article?
For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.
For me, it read like a typical album review that has no point besides getting clicks from people who mistakenly look for insight from entertainment.
He thought he was finsihed writing his book and coincidentally listened to a ballad by Tom waits which left such an impression on him that he changed the ending of the book that won him the nobel prize.
In his own words "The song is sung in the voice of a rough American hobo type utterly unaccustomed to wearing his emotions on his sleeve. And there comes a moment, when the singer declares his heart is breaking, that’s almost unbearably moving because of the tension between the sentiment itself and the huge resistance that’s obviously been overcome to utter it. Waits sings the line with cathartic magnificence, and you feel a lifetime of tough-guy stoicism crumbling in the face of overwhelming sadness."
This goes to show that insight can come from entertainment.
Also Kendrick has numerous songs with similar emotion evoking moments as the one described by Ishiguro.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/06/kazuo-ishiguro...
It's a great anecdote. I knew exactly what point in the book Kazuo was referring to.
Every now and again, you get a movie like The Matrix, that's both entertaining and thought provoking. Those are entertainment unicorns, as evidenced by the sequels that had nothing thought provoking left, but were still somewhat entertaining.
When it comes to art - if you knew how much shit art gets made and never sees the light of day, you could argue entertainment and art are both equally devoid of almost any value, including insight, to anyone.
Most entertainment, even the ones which pretend to have some "meaning" is just consumed for dopamine rush.
I’m a white, late 20’s woman and I still have found an inability to ignore K.Dot’s wisdom through the medium. His lyricism and presentation is unparalleled in modern mainstream music.
I imagine you’re not a fan of Kubrick, either, because he makes his points with brutal violence?
Seeing past the medium into the message is the quintessential hallmark of being a true, educated critic.
Otherwise you’re just commenting on your taste, which is fine, but contributes nothing to the conversation.