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Did We Really Need a Satan Bondage Show at the Grammys?

Want to know why so many people are abandoning “mainstream” pop culture? Watch SamSmith And Kim Petra‘ perform their hit song “not sacred” in Grammy Awards On Sunday night.

In case you lose it, Diversity performance description as included “Petras dances in a cage, flanked by a number of rulers wearing satanic headscarves. Smith also wore a satanic headdress as huge flames heated up the stage. You know, healthy family entertainment. Carditake their beer.

Now, a fully grown adult can watch this film and understand what it is: a positive approach to gaining attention through controversy.

This is not my first horse race; i have lived through 1980s “Satan Panic”—when the wives of politicians can hold congressional hearings to address the alleged scourge of seemingly innocuous heavy metal bands over time. And last night’s slave/satan show reminded me of that Onion title from 22 years ago: “Marilyn Manson is currently going door-to-door trying to shock people.”

But even if you find satan’s schtick to be more frightening than disturbing, it’s hard to prove that the image of women being crushed in cages is appropriate for Sunday night’s network television in the frame. prime time — the time when the most spectators, including children, are watching. Once again, we’re talking about the Grammy Awards, the Oscars of mainstream pop, which airs on CBS from 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. (That is sponsored by Pfizer—something has been not lost on many right wing anti-vaxx twitter kook.)

This is not to say that art should not be provocative.

Petras—whose past hits include “Treat me like a slut” —in her acceptance speech after winning the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo Performance for “Unholy,” declaring her the first transgender woman to win the award, and then behind the scenes, explain that she “Grow up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it but gradually realized it didn’t want me to be a part of it.” Petras added, “So the inability to choose a religion is inevitable. And it’s impossible to live the way people might want you to, because as a transgender, I don’t want to be religious. So we’re doing it, and I’m like hell keeper Kim.

For me, it’s at least an interesting perspective on her artistic inspiration. I’m just not sure it has anything to do with the implied orgy of Satanic worship and slavery with which we were treated.

I will allow that this is not a sincere attempt to indoctrinate our children about Satanic worship. What I won’t hear is that it’s not a cynical attempt to create buzz and money, regardless of the consequences.

As far as I know, willing adults can watch all they want. But last night’s TV audience didn’t buy tickets for this. Indeed, in a show intended for a general audience, it is intended to be provocative, cross-border, and most likely designed to offend a good segment of the audience.

And when you point your finger in the eyes of millions, it’s hard to argue with those who say “Hollywood” creates a mainstream pop culture that is intolerant of their values. It’s also hard to tell them they’re wrong and intolerant if they want to check out, unplug the TV, and homeschool their kids. Choice is a two-way street and many people are making the wise choice to skip it while they still can.

I can be more satisfied with this than some. Almost every Sunday my wife and I sit in the back row of a conservative church. About once a month, the pastor preaches about how bad things are in America, and how corrupt and corrupt our culture is.

Honestly, I often find the “go to hell in a trash can” lectures overwhelming—possibly because I have lived a rather glamorous life. But I suspect that his opinion is shared not only by those sitting in my left and right rows of seats — but also by millions of conservative Christians in America, regardless of their status. Have you ever been to a church?

And whatever you might think of the artistic merits of the devil dance at the Grammys, it’s not meant to win hearts and minds or encourage tolerance and mutual respect. It’s a rough one and a huge turning point for those concerned that our culture has become too hostile to many people’s traditional religious values.

Make no mistake, this sort of thing has political ramifications. While conservatives are responsible for worrying about our gross culture, some of their cousins ​​on the illiberal MAGA camp want to exploit the feeling that our elites (in the news). news and entertainment media) not only deviated from middle-class American values, but they were completely outspoken. ghost.

EQUAL an observer took it to Twitter:

“Alex Jones: Hollywood is a big sex cult of Satan.

“Hollywood: He’s a conspiracy theorist.

“Also Hollywood:”

Hollywood is clearly not what QAnon alleges—and I was written intensively ABOVE How dangerous? I as that thing conspiracy theories Okay. But the liberal elite in entertainment and the media are treating satanism and women in cages as mainstream, primetime entertainment — and trying to control our speech because of “the sensitive”. Conservatives are told that the things we think and say are “problematic” and likely deserve to be undone, while performers win awards and accolades for things that never matter. was now accepted on network television a few years ago.

If you are a forty-year-old rural Christian, to the cultural elite, your life experience is of little value. In fact, it is you who should be ashamed and possessed. It’s easy to see how this way of thinking is disorienting and (potentially) radicalizing.

So, what was the point of putting this stellar performance on network television during prime time? I will allow that this is not a sincere attempt to indoctrinate our children about Satanic worship. What I won’t hear is that it’s not a cynical attempt to create buzz and money, regardless of the consequences.

Rightists who believe that the Hollywood elite and the media are openly hostile to their values ​​can have many reasons, but as the Grammy Awards demonstrated Sunday night, on that point, they correct.




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