a great song in honor of KINGS SPEECH, a film which sucked. In Kings Speech- the King's afraid of the power (world power/personal power)connoted from his own voice; once conquered + reconciled to it, Imperialism is rendered less threatening. A Colonial Power as docile and cozy; a warm blanket that makes you feel familiar , protected, secure. If the King is depicted no different than any middle aged schlub with an analyst, he's made as human as any other non - Fascist. Conveniently revising history to finish off this post 90s Everyman, The King/Bertie (his soft, susceptible identity actually given a separate name) finally finds a voice to execute his speech against Hitler, commented upon in the film as the most skillful orator, and as the apex of moral depravity. So does the strong voice connote moral corruption? The film fails to remember how the real King of England, daddy issues or no daddy issues (and also FDR in the U.S.) actually tightened emigration laws for people of assumed Jewish descent AFTER learning about the Holocaust. KINGS SPEECH allows us this intoxicating warm glass of milk , lulling us into an old guard patriarchy nostalgia; wiping out the grime of real history, where the King of England 's government policies made him an accomplice to Hitler; helping him to throw millions of European Jews to their deaths.
Ghostface-- he comes connected, wielding his voice as a PART of himself; strong like a machete. His voice is a part of himself yet more than himself, an envelopping power both inclusive and expansive. Rap and hip hop is intrinsic liberation. Those once disenfranchised now assert themselves via an original voice; whilst re interpreting existing sounds for backing music. Those who were once dominated are responsible for our re assessment of them as exceptionally strong, beyond masculine...Ghostface or King/Bertie...who is more threatening to us? And what does this say about attitudes towards those in power who dominate versus those who have been institutionally dominated?
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