August 11, 2024Aug 11 7 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Black & latino dancers are brilliant. It's mainly that Taylor's music is extremely focused on white women experiences and not everyone else- so there is a thematic mismatch with her use of a 'diverse' supporting cast. Well, It is the type of dancers of the business or type of shows want. Taylor has got diverse types of dancers in her videos. Not always IS racism. I am meeting more black and latino racist people against White people. Now, in Mallorca, the new models are black, south american and latin. There are more of them than Mallorca, Spanish and Germán people. 7 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Scary video, don't get it.. I don't know much about Manson or his music- the last time I watched his stuff was in the 1990s-early 2000s. It is one of the best new videos I watch in my Life. It is elegant, psychological, horror and do It with well manners. Me too, I let It in the high school butbI am revising and understand his music and videos. Sometimes he IS fun. I think he could be a great father 🤣
August 11, 2024Aug 11 @Cult Icon This IS one of the BEST dancers I had been watched. Of course, one of the great Xtina perfomances. Artistic, sensual, drama, voice... This IS great coreography, singer and song. Style, class, hoy, drama Queen 👏🏻
August 12, 2024Aug 12 On 8/10/2024 at 7:32 AM, Cult Icon said: I carefully watched 1:20 hr of Eras Tour today while reading her song scripts. Taylor is gorgeous and can move, but most of her best songs from her early-mid career are 7 out of 10 grade material to me with a couple 8-9 out of 10s. Her beauty is really the most consistent part so far as well as the extremely good broadway-style sets and coordination. She's a 11 out of 10, the sets are a 9 out of 10. The sets are too good for the quality of the songs she is lip-syncing. The Fearless, Lover, Speak Now, & Reputation segments are pretty good and memorable but have some flaws. Evermore was weakest era- the sets are great but they don't match the music, and overwhelm it. Reputation, Lover, & Evermore segments contain songs that are duds (I personally think that Ivy is quite good and should have been put into Evermore). It is also noticeable that she hires a lot of black-latino dancers ( many them fat )and uses a black man to play her partner in one of the songs but she's only with white men in real life. @Lilja K @Anasxs @Jade Bahr Her main audience is (white female) teens. And I think her material is pretty decent for a teen-oriented one. I really like her voice, it's very beautiful and her lyrics don't cause me any rejection, even if I can't always relate to it. Except for the last album, which disappointed me, but nevermind. I also really like the music videos for her songs. She is really a very beautiful woman and a very good performer, I'd even say that the quality of performance has grown since Reputation. Eras tour is the ultimate form of entertainment, she gives her best and genuinely enjoys it. And her outfits are simply amazing, flawless in every detail. As for the dancers, she is an Ally, therefore she gives jobs to representatives of minorities. And in general, it is not necessary to hire only those who fit your sexual preferences (although some do just that lol).
August 12, 2024Aug 12 1 hour ago, Lilja K said: Her main audience is (white female) teens. And I think her material is pretty decent for a teen-oriented one. I really like her voice, it's very beautiful and her lyrics don't cause me any rejection, even if I can't always relate to it. Except for the last album, which disappointed me, but nevermind. I also really like the music videos for her songs. She is really a very beautiful woman and a very good performer, I'd even say that the quality of performance has grown since Reputation. Eras tour is the ultimate form of entertainment, she gives her best and genuinely enjoys it. And her outfits are simply amazing, flawless in every detail. As for the dancers, she is an Ally, therefore she gives jobs to representatives of minorities. And in general, it is not necessary to hire only those who fit your sexual preferences (although some do just that lol). I have finished the Eras Tour but haven't started the Tortured Poets segment yet. The Midnights segment is an outstanding performance, possibly the best. IMHO her songs are generally better from 2020-2024, and the 1989 album is the best out of the early-mid career content. I heard that the Reputation tour was arguably higher quality than Eras but of course shorter? But I have some differences with what you say (I read the lyrics of Eras Tour closely). In the US her fanbase is most intense among teens, 20s-30s white women, middle class. As Taylor aged her music also changed to match her age. Her audience is attractive teenage white girls who listen to 'country' in the early albums (eg. Fearless, Speak Now) but moves to attractive young/urban white women (Red & 1989, Reputation) in their college years up to late 20s. There is a break starting in Folklore- Evermore which has more depressive and sad themes, consistent with women in their 30s that had bad and costly experiences. Midnights and Poets I haven't finished reading yet. So her music is pretty targeted. I also have a more cynical view on her dancer troupe- it is a bit performative as if she hired all white women she would definitely get criticized these days. She was criticized for the elite white women 'Girl Squad' during the 1989 Era. Also I noticed how she places men & black/latino woman directly behind her in her movesets- As being the white woman 'queen bee' she stands out exclusively and nobody detracts the center of attention from her.
August 12, 2024Aug 12 1 hour ago, Cult Icon said: I heard that the Reputation tour was arguably higher quality than Eras but of course shorter? Eras is higher quality imo 1 hour ago, Cult Icon said: But I have some differences with what you say (I read the lyrics of Eras Tour closely). In the US her fanbase is most intense among teens, 20s-30s white women, middle class. As Taylor aged her music also changed to match her age. Her audience is attractive teenage white girls who listen to 'country' in the early albums (eg. Fearless, Speak Now) but moves to attractive young/urban white women (Red & 1989, Reputation) in their college years up to late 20s. There is a break starting in Folklore- Evermore which has more depressive and sad themes, consistent with women in their 30s that had bad and costly experiences. It seems to me that teen/early 20s girls make up a massive part of her fanbase. At least this is the group I've encountered the most, especially online. 1 hour ago, Cult Icon said: I also have a more cynical view on her dancer troupe- it is a bit performative as if she hired all white women she would definitely get criticized these days. She was criticized for the elite white women 'Girl Squad' during the 1989 Era. Performative? I agree. Is it bad? I don't think so. Not in this case. Btw, she is still criticized for "white woman feminism" 1 hour ago, Cult Icon said: Also I noticed how she places men & black/latino woman directly behind her in her movesets- As being the white woman 'queen bee' she stands out exclusively and nobody detracts the center of attention from her. I didn't pay attention to it, but isn't this a common practice among performers? The "main star" should be the center of attention and so on
August 12, 2024Aug 12 @Lilja K My favorite parts of the Eras Tour 2023 + TPD. It appears that the 2024 line up got rid of a lot of the dud songs/sets to make room TTPD. (they also consolidated Evermore-Folklore). If the whole show was just these it would be 10/10.. Intro (Miss Americana) Cruel Summer Lover Fearless Don't Blame Me Enchanted Long Live August-Illicit Affairs- My Tears Ricochet Blank Space Lavender Haze Midnight Rain Bejeweled Karma Down Bad Fortnight The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived I Can Do It With A Broken Heart Spoiler I like how Taylor does her costume change (I legit watched it a couple of times because the transition was so cool)
August 13, 2024Aug 13 On 8/6/2024 at 6:12 AM, Cult Icon said: @Enrico_sw There are a lot of news that France is failing to feed the athletes properly, is this exaggerated in your opinion? I noticed that news claim that there is emphasis on the desire to make the diets more leftist 'vegan friendly, lower carbon emissions, etc. but this could be an exaggeration that triggers the usual response. Certainly it is absurd for athletes competing for the gold to be focused on such details. Honestly, I have no idea. I haven't heard of it. I know many people are outraged because of the ceremony (with the drag queens, obese people and all the weirdo stuff), but I haven't heard about this diet thing. There are also lots of people outraged about the Algerian boxer, who is a dude and who competed in the women category (despite him having XY chromosomes).
August 16, 2024Aug 16 Alien: romulus is well made and good, and superior to Ridley Scott's last two films as a proper continuation after Alien 4. The director clearly understands the Alien franchise, copied the aesthetics (set design, space design, props) directly from Alien: Isolation and set up the film like the scenarios in the comics. The setpieces and direction are great. It's a movie that fans of the game would like.
August 16, 2024Aug 16 Phoenix sabotaging his own career once again. ‘Joker 2' Pulled From NYFF? Next month, Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie a Deux” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival. It’s not screening anywhere else except, maybe, the New York Film Festival. I’m being told that ‘Folie a Deux’ was supposed to be included in the Spotlight section at NYFF but has been “put on hold” and is now a question mark. We’ll see if it gets announced soon, but the crux of the matter has to do with star Joaquin Phoenix’s recent controversy. Last week, Phoenix walked out of Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon’s next film as it was starting production. The project has been shut down and will not be happening. Haynes and Vachon are very well liked by NYFF, and it doesn’t surprise me one bit that the film has been pulled out of the lineup. Another possibility could be that Warner Bros just doesn’t want Phoenix to do any other press beyond Venice. Can you just imagine how insane the ‘Folie a Deux’ press conference is going to be at Venice? I just cringe thinking about it. Phoenix is already an awkward interview, and then adding all of this Haynes/Vachon controversy is a recipe for disaster. As it stands, Venice is the only scheduled event for Phoenix. At the moment, Vachon and her producing partners are discussing next steps. They might be suing Phoenix for breach of contract, or it all could just end with the actor paying back financiers (and crewmembers). He might have to dish out a check in the seven figures. Vachon has called the whole situation a “nightmare. Re-casting Phoenix in the lead role is not an option, unless Brad Pitt suddenly becomes available. Given Phoenix’s unique box office appeal, thanks to ‘Joker,’ and his arthouse credentials, it would be all but impossible to recast the actor for a role that calls for “full-frontal and explicit gay sex.” This has led to what THR has described as a “huge amount of outrage” in Hollywood, with many producers swearing to never work with Phoenix again.
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