eminem (was Re: hiphop discourse

[David Morris]

Yes, my statement was over-generalization, but it speaks to the same 
instinct that Eminem calls our attention to re. his three year old brother.  
"Shit!" is a fun word to say when you first learn it.  Rebellion starts 
young, and it does not need a cause.  Ask James Dean.

And if you really want to understand Eminem you need to listen to his music. 
  He is good at his art.  As to his victims, they are those whom WE perceive 
to be so.

Think of the Jokester.  He is only as serious as he wants to be.  He is 
Slip-per-ry.

DM

>From: Thomas Eckhardt
>
>David Morris wrote:
> > As for the impressionable young fans, they like the fact that he makes 
>their parents squirm with his over-the-top, un-PC lyrics and personas.  Why 
>should they be denied the same fun their parents had when they were young?
>
>File under "blatant over-generalization":  In the 60s people were not 
>un-pc. In fact, most of their values stand behind pc as we know it. They 
>were against the war in Vietnam, against racism and capitalism. This was 
>nice. Eminem attacks women and homosexuals. Not nice. Although making 
>parents squirm is an honourable aim for young people in every era, in my 
>view, I think there is a difference. And the difference (please remember 
>the beginning of this paragraph) is that Eminem's lyrics are not directed 
>against the system but against other victims.
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