Ben Halligan wrote:
>pro-capitalist films:
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>i can't think of any feature films that directly name the beast. but perhaps virtually any MTV rap video extolling the glam lifestyle of the rapper, or lyrics from a "destiny's child" song about the emanicipation of women thru financial gain could be seen as completely identifying with the ideology in a fundamentalist fashion?
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Amiri Baraka wrote an essay on this topic:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980127122704/www.uns.org/news/articles/970206.htm
Nelson George has also written about these issues.
"So what is hip-hop? Well, with Public Enemy and KRS-ONE, hip-hop became
the language of youth rebellion.
But now, commercial hip-hop is not youth rebellion, not when the heroes
of hip-hop like Puffy are taking pictures
with Donald Trump and the heroes of capitalism -- you know that's not
rebellion. That's not 'the street' --
that's Wall Street." - Saul Williams
"In the early nineties…what occurred during that period was a visual
explosion of Black celebrities. Music videos
became more pervasive and entertaining, Black movies made a strong
return, and simultaneously the NBA and
NFL combined with major corporations to magnify and emphasize the
individual. To the point whereby in 1995
and 1996 there was a subliminal message that stated, "if you're not a
ballplayer, or entertainer, and you're
not living a lavish lifestyle then you ain't shit." - Chuck D.
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