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TM tiki moon Member Los Angeles Joined: Mar 13, 2009 Posts: 51	TM tiki moon Posted posted on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 1:14 AM Avoiding politics is itself a form of political statement. Political issues that might be relevant could include alcoholism and its effect on society, Hawaiian sovereignty / history issues, indigenous people of various locales and the effects of colonialism. Native Americans sometimes take issue with the way pop culture represents them. To what extent do Polynesians feel Poly Pop trivializes their culture? It's hard to inject politics into something meant to be light and fun without making the tone weirdly heavy. When I heard the plot to Bruce Almighty I thought, 'How are they going to avoid having Bruce address, say, AIDS in Africa?' If I recall the real God limits Bruce's god powers to midtown Manhattan, making confronting politics in a comedy unnecessary. To me the fact that this work is largely decorative art and not fine art is a big part of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decorative_art [ Edited by: tiki moon 2009-06-24 01:17 ]

Avoiding politics is itself a form of political statement.
Political issues that might be relevant could include alcoholism and its effect on society, Hawaiian sovereignty / history issues, indigenous people of various locales and the effects of colonialism.
Native Americans sometimes take issue with the way pop culture represents them. To what extent do Polynesians feel Poly Pop trivializes their culture?
It's hard to inject politics into something meant to be light and fun without making the tone weirdly heavy. When I heard the plot to Bruce Almighty I thought, 'How are they going to avoid having Bruce address, say, AIDS in Africa?' If I recall the real God limits Bruce's god powers to midtown Manhattan, making confronting politics in a comedy unnecessary.
To me the fact that this work is largely decorative art and not fine art is a big part of it.

[ Edited by: tiki moon 2009-06-24 01:17 ]

Post #464179 by tiki moon on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 1:14 AM