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...fresh little hood thing,” and by the time each trend “reaches Hollywood it’s over.”Taking aim at the white media is hardly a new theme for hip-hop; countless records (rightly) decry the fame and money Elvis Presley??and countless other entertainers—have gained from their recontextualization of African-American art forms. Trailblazers in many respects, Public Enemy first drew rap attention to the racism and greed of Hollywood back in 1990 with their song “Burn, Hollywood, Burn...
...Chili Peppers “Dani California” Dir. Tony Kaye In their latest video, “Dani California,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers play rock and roll dress-up, mimicking famous televised performances, from Elvis Presley??s early network appearances to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged session, reaching a climax when the band appears as—surprise!—themselves. Unfortunately, all these changing costumes only remind us that the Chili Peppers have been stuck in the same musical-historical rut for the past 10 years...
When Office for the Arts Director Jack C. Megan took to the floor, he joked that the “King” of Illingworth’s musical passions—Elvis Presley??was alive, living in Watertown, Mass,. and performing...
Grossman ended his presentation with Elvis Presley??s “Return to Sender,” and he had members of his family with giant styrofoam red pointing hands sway to the music, hands in the air, symbolically sending Romney back west...
...works as one half of a two-man freak show. Decked out in a black tuxedo, ordinary save for a flamboyant red coat, Disney proceeds to intimidate the portly, oft-timid Presley in a lengthy, riveting sequence of interplay. Price, for a good while, is sublime, manipulating Presley??s feeble mind with fine skill, shifting between master and mollifier as he holds forth on his personal philosophies. Johnson, his shoulders submissively hunched forward and his voice high and breathy, counters by convincingly transforming himself into a half-attentive, partly-comprehending receptacle for the ideas that the worldly Cosmo...
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