Tag Archives: Kanye West
Star Spangled Bummer
Five Years Late: George W. Bush Cares About Kanye West
Next Monday, Matt Lauer’s interview with George W. Bush will air on NBC. Bush is on the circuit to hustle his new memoir, “Decision Points.” Yesterday, in advance of the televised interview, excerpts of the transcript were made available to the press. The transcripts are fairly boring, but there is a bright spot. It turns out Bush isn’t all that…
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Anatomy of a scene: David LaChapelle’s Kanye West/Lady Gaga photo
The question is rhetorical, I suppose. But my first thought when seeing this photo was that David LaChapelle is attempting to deconstruct the longstanding cinematic/societal image of the white man as savior. West, with strangely demonic eyes, is cast as the hero, striking a pose traditionally reserved for the likes of leading (white) men such as Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone,…
