Artistic Expression
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Daily Mail : Ariana Grande fans claim new song I Hate That I Made You Love Me is …
Artistic expression framed as potentially illegitimate or disguised personal retaliation
Despite insider confirmation that the album was not inspired by the breakup, the article emphasizes fan speculation that the song is a 'parting shot', undermining the legitimacy of the work as independent art.
“fans have speculated that Ariana may have taken a parting shot at Ethan with her new song, I Hate That I Made You Love Me”
The New York Times : Broadway Is Afraid to Make Theatergoers Uncomfortable
Challenging artistic expression is being excluded from mainstream Broadway in favor of safer themes
The article laments the marginalization of plays that 'ask something of you' and contrasts the current season unfavorably with the post-2020 wave of bold, socially conscious works, suggesting that difficult art is now being sidelined.
“I’m not alone in feeling that this season on Broadway mostly lacked that sort of difficulty — or as The Times’s chief theater critic, Helen Shaw, put it to Wesley Morris on his podcast last week, “excellence that asks something of you.””
news.com.au : Vivid Sydney sparks backlash over ‘sexualised’ light projection at family event
Artistic expression is questioned as inappropriate or illegitimate in family contexts
[moral_framing], [scare_quotes]
““Multiple women and men sexualised half naked on this building, while there’s family’s [sic] and children around … Yuck,” Lenny Sinclair posted online.”
The Guardian : Trash hits! Why a wave of hedonistic, feral female pop stars are rejecting respectability
Artistic expression framed as culturally illegitimate or lowbrow
The article repeatedly associates the music with 'trash', 'low taste', and 'smudged eyeliner', using class-coded language that delegitimizes the aesthetic despite acknowledging its popularity.
“It’s an ‘early internet’ type of glamour that until very recently was still considered very low taste,” says Gamble.”
The New York Times : Is Museum Wall Text the Next Political Battleground?
Artists’ interpretive voices framed as silenced or excluded
[loaded_verbs], [cherry_picking]
““I was frustrated,” said the photographer Jared Soares, who won second prize for his image of a Black man who had been falsely accused of a crime after being misidentified by facial recognition technology. “It strips the photograph of its context and it is no longer grounded in the story.””
Daily Mail : Song about choking women and bondage makes it through to Eurovision final - after Romanian …
Artistic expression using metaphor or symbolism is framed as illegitimate or inappropriate in mainstream contests
[sensationalism], [omission]
“The song caused quite the stir, with many claiming it was inappropriate to be singing about choking women and bondage at Eurovision”