I used to be a Taylor fan too, and the first song I heard from her was "love story". Later, I liked her other works. In a foreign teacher class at the university, I said that Taylor is my favorite European and American singer. Then he asked whether the foreign teacher also liked Taylor. But the foreign teacher frowned and said she didn't like Taylor and thought she was "pretending". I didn't think so at the time. I thought it was normal that Rachel, a country girl who believed in Christianity, didn't like this kind of pop singer in the big city. But I have always remembered what the foreign teacher said, and unknowingly looked at Taylor in a different light. Then I saw someone saying that she had so many boyfriends just to find inspiration for her creations. Maybe then I thought she was a very selfish person. I admit, some of her songs are pretty good. She is also talented as a musician. But I don't know when I started to dislike her character design. To me, Taylor, a refined egoist, is just a passerby.
I have never seen such a glaring example of first-world-problems put to film. The narrative is that we should empathize with her because she is not happy being rich, thin, famous, attractive, has 2 private planes, 4 homes.. . For example, she wants us to feel bad because after she won her 2nd Record of the Year Grammys, she had no boyfriend to call. Or the narrative that she is just "too nice" yet in a shot coming out of her building, she literally ignores her fans - cannot even give them a wave or a smile while walking by. This is a story of privilege and delusion. She is the girl who got 99% on the test and cries that it wasn't a 100. ( 3 stars) I've never had a deep understanding of what the so-called "first-word-problems" are all about. This movie answered my confusion perfectly. The tone of this movie is either that we should sympathize with Taylor because she's unhappy - even though she's so rich, so slim, so famous, so attractive, with two planes to her name, four properties.... .. For example, she was unhappy because after her second Grammy win, she didn't have a boyfriend and didn't even know who to call. Or praise her for being especially good to fans. However, there is one scene where Taylor Swift emerges from the house, ignoring the crowd of fans outside - not even bothering to wave her hand when passing them. The film actually tells a story about privilege and delusion. She is the kind of girl who even got 99 points in the exam, but still has to cry for not getting 100 points.
(1 star) If you've seen Madonna or Lady Gaga's "Truth or Dare" TV commercial, you know what I'm talking about. This documentary is just another cliché of the egoistic actress trying to shape her character. If you are a big fan of her, you will love this video, because it is your duty as a die-hard fan to praise her for being perfect in everything. (Interjections like "amazing" and "incredible" never stop). If you just follow her in general, you may think that at least some scenes are still a bit interesting. But deep down, you know this work is not a documentary in a way. This is nothing more than a reality show similar to "Keeping Up with the Kardashians." You hear tons of narrations like "how much she struggled, how much she sacrificed, how hard she faced"—as if no other musician had ever been through these things. But she never mentioned that most singers have never kicked so many boyfriends like her. I miss the real documentaries of the old days, where the musicians, who were themselves, would never be in front of the camera "forcing new words to talk about their worries". In real documentaries, the material is kept just because it's interesting in itself, not to give the protagonist more exposure, not to promote and promote new albums, other characters, that sort of thing. Compare this "Taylor Swift: Lady America" with classic musician documentaries like "Give Me Shelter," and you'll see where the gap lies.
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