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A few weeks ago, I posited my theory that Katy Perry had helped pave the way for Sarah Palin, but now The American Prospect’s Adam Serwer has a better idea: he thinks Palin more closely resembles 50 Cent. Palin’s supporters “demand merit from others and only mediocrity from themselves, because said mediocrity is touted as proof of authenticity,” Serwer writes. “The conservative movement at this point basically reminds me of people who thought 50 Cent was going to be the greatest rapper ever because he had been shot nine times, not because he could actually flow. Let’s face it, 50 is wack. He’s wack like Sarah Palin is wack. But like Sarah Palin, he had a story that reflected the cultural values of realness and authenticity that Hip-hop fans had come to place above actual rhyming ability.” Somehow, “Drill, Baby, Drill” doesn’t seem to have caught on the way “In Da Club” did, but hey! There’s still a few weeks left, don’t'cha know say it ain’t so Joe Six-Pack hockey mom you betcha? [Tapped]
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Thanks a ton for reminding me of my days spent reading Laura Mulvey during undergrad.
*wink*
Serwer coined the term “goldilocks racism”, which helped define, for me, the current political season. He rocks.
[www.prospect.org]
kind of surprised that serwer didn’t also bring up both 50 and sarah’s tendencies toward shit-talking as a way to mask the fact that they really don’t have much to offer.
Also, Todd Palin = Tony Yayo
@Clevertrousers: Who’s Llloyd Banks then?
“Let’s face it, 50 is wack. He’s wack like Sarah Palin is wack.”
Oh jesus god. Thank you aging political hack for using hip hop slang about 10 years after actual people stopped using it.