who knows about brazil? was rant...

From: stephanie (nnine@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 31 2001 - 05:22:16 CET

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    ok so one of the things i've been struggling with as a
    responsible bleeding heart liberal, is this: yes, all
    these wonderful things should get funded, but is
    governement (as we know it) even the appropriate
    channel for that? (obviously this is quite a paradigm
    shift...so let's leave it alone for now)

    but with this talk of money and poverty and funding
    and art and the discreet charm of the bourgoisie and
    its pandering to minorities in the form of latin
    megastars, and the role of audience and how we don't
    value art from the guts out, you gotta think of
    brazil, right? one of the most respected origins of
    shake-yo-ass-cofuse-yo-mental art and they are pretty
    poor. So where does it come from? Africa? Goverment?
     A tendency to break into impormptu song? the need
    for a coping mechanism for poverty? And what of this
    rumor that the kids these days distance themselves
    from sambe like we shy away from country, and are more
    into american-ized styles?

    I'm not even going to try to answer b/c I don't know
    jack shit.

    If anyone knows something, it'd be cool if you could
    share.

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