Taylor Swift is smart, ambitious, and has a bloody thirst for success. The film "American Sweetheart" uses a lot of pen and ink to focus on political views, and the release time is also cleverly chosen in the pre-2020 election period, which also has such an intention. This is a 21st century singer and social activist who knows how to "manipulate" and "use" the medium to convey his position. Ins, songs, movies, award speeches... All exposure can become a channel for self PR.
As a pop singer, she has never stopped updating and excavating her own image, both externally and internally. At present, the political correctness she stands for, support for feminism, support for homosexuality, and support for creators' rights, are all ways she is looking for and repositioning herself. I wrote at the age of 13, I am talented, at the age of 19, I created the dream bubble of love and music, at the age of 26, I broke the silence and joined the social movement. At the age of 30, I used my influence and power to change the world.
She said that there is no bossy, only bosses.
How to treat such a person? I would like to say that she is a person who cannot be summed up in any words such as good, bad, truth, goodness, beauty, hypocrisy, etc. An ordinary girl in Tennessee uses the channels, resources, and platforms that she can obtain to realize herself. In the early years, it was a breakthrough in music, and later it was a strong desire to integrate into the community as a person. She has always been this way, longing to be "seen", "recognized" and "participated". From this point of view, she still hasn't gotten rid of her core at the age of 15, and she is still the girl who yearns for a sense of existence and value.
The difference is that she learns to use her own strength to shout for another group of "hidden" crowds. Her "being seen" has become a kind of vanity with strong roots and practical significance. I don't question her motives, all aggressive people have this energy, and the outcome only depends on which direction they point it.
When people express their opinions, they can get the most controversy and attention, and it is easy to cause fierce opposition and struggle, and even face danger to their lives. We all make our own assertions that we stand for a just view and deserve equal recognition, but this view, too, may be on the brink of a cliff because it has not yet escaped that fatal logic: act, persuade, act, persuade.
The most wonderful transformation in "American Sweetheart" did not come from her own epiphany, but a vague male character, with the help of a near-perfect image of a lover, to complete the redemption and salvation of the soul. He is just right, not aggressive, not aggressive, warm, tolerant, always there for her, mature and complete, a dreamy, modern prince figure.
This is where I am not satisfied enough with this documentary. In the final analysis, it still failed to tap into a woman's instinct: if this person did not exist, would she have a later cheer? If so, where exactly does that core "point" exist?
I understand that love and support is important, but it doesn't mean it's the only one. It is still an external force, one of the ways to teach her to accept herself, but it is by no means the ultimate answer.
Of course, being able to discuss this level has proved that the connotation of Taylor Swift has long been not limited to singers. Her step-by-step actions (neutral) and her team packaging will be written into the multi-faceted process of history as an important part.
The 13-year-old girl who kept her diary full of writing, in her creative career for more than ten years, was only doing one thing: writing about herself and expressing herself. This is one of her strong motivations for reputation.
I still won't say that she is a completely "intelligent" person, even her family background, her work partners, and some imperfections she presents under the camera are all depicting a portrait of an ordinary person. But as she said, she is fighting, using her pen to fight for what she wants, naked and undisguised.
Everyone has their own choices and their own values. She chose to be a role model, a pioneer in the tide, and she must bear the price of it. This is her destiny. And each audience can also choose their own position, support or not, participate or not, express or not.
She stood up, actively or passively represented some people, and made a voice, no matter whether the voice was immature, mature, profound or superficial, in short, she was practicing her own values and trying to Twist something, leave something behind.
I am proud to have Taylor Swift.
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