I'm with Suela on this one. Great political art may have a platform, but the reason it works is that it is art first, politics second. Always.
Right, what's a little sweater sniffing between sworn enemies?
Riley ,'Sleeper'
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P.M. Marc - Nov 11, 2002 6:34:25 pm PST #775 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Nutty - Nov 11, 2002 7:51:18 pm PST #776 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
My problem with political art is that it's so fricken obvious. Even the stuff that works reasonably well as drama can tend to come off as, I don't know, yelling at the reader rather than persuading. And when the author is yelling at her reader, it sort of cheapens all that perfectly good drama the reader just waded through.
Then again, if it were better art, the ideology wouldn't be so obvious, huh? So, what they said. (Although, note for the record, I don't count Orwell in among those great political artists. He was a great political whiner, but I never saw much art outta him.)
Dana - Nov 11, 2002 7:56:37 pm PST #777 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
And by platform, incidentally, I meant anything from "Abortion is bad!" to "Abortion is a woman's right!" to "Eat vegetarian!" to "Buffy sucks!" to "Buffy rules."
If one has some sort of overriding agenda, it's gonna override.
Now, of course, I'm perfectly okay with platforms like, "Boy, wouldn't Wesley/Connor be messed up, yet hot?".
P.M. Marc - Nov 11, 2002 7:58:20 pm PST #778 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Now, of course, I'm perfectly okay with platforms like, "Boy, wouldn't Wesley/Connor be messed up, yet hot?".
A tangle of thin, pale limbs, angry blue eyes, and dark haired goodness, even.
That's a Special platform.
amych - Nov 11, 2002 8:00:46 pm PST #779 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Isn't that the Special Platform where one catches the train to Special Hell?
P.M. Marc - Nov 11, 2002 8:01:37 pm PST #780 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Platform 13.666, in fact.
It's a rather full train.
Micole - Nov 11, 2002 8:16:32 pm PST #781 of 10000
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
[*wafting encouraging vibes towards PMM*]
--Damn these shortcuts. Damn them, I say!
Dana - Nov 11, 2002 8:17:23 pm PST #782 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Everyone should write Wes/Connor.
A girl can dream.
P.M. Marc - Nov 11, 2002 8:17:36 pm PST #783 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
But, but... I have a second story in my main AU to write, an epic project to finish, Fred to slash, and Guilder to blame for it! I'm swamped!
Edit: but I can be bribed. Ask SA.
Dana - Nov 11, 2002 8:18:36 pm PST #784 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Bribed with what?
I have a Buffy/Sandman on a burner somewhere...
Edit: That's a crossover, not a pairing.