blend

• blend in terms of narrative- opens- spaghetti western- mainly Italian- filmic ideas through widescreen credits, narrative with horseriders and backdrop.
• Established equilibrium in that current world, always a disruption, then a new state, something that is evolved.
• Billy Ray Cyrus- made it 'country enough', was at first frowned upon, typically a white music genre, does not accept artists that are different
• Country- typically a white dominated genre
• Spaghetti western- 'Daddy'- damsel in distress, spaghetti western trope, looks medditeranean, cue with dad-like figure, always an outsider in a spaghetti western genre (someone coming in to cause a disruption), EG clint eastwood always an outsider, Lil nas X
• Typically media is white- rich white powerful men act as a gatekeeper for different representations, 1950s ads took off in America- through to today,tropes= when he goes through portal and is perceived as an alien, he is dressed odd etc, we are seeing him now in a contemporary community, dark skin community- still rejected from how he dresses and presents himself
• they see him as an 'alien form', rejection from contempary audiences- creating something new from double consciousness, sexuality for black men is hard- typically presented as heterosexual, lil nas x's sexuality being diff to usual heterosexual artists in the country genre and hip hop/trap genre, not open to anything that is not heterosexual, DR DRE and Snoop Dogg- Typically hypermasculine
• new pink cowboy outfit- other music vids too- hes quite flamboyant- proud of his sexuality and will not hide, he will not waver from who he is, does not need to be hypermasculine, not needing a straight appearance, mimmicks that he has blended his 2 genres- similar to 'you are not country enough', did not bow down,
• clint eastwood- hypermasculine- whereas lil nas is different and embraces it, gold cross earings- religious beliefs and has his own sense of style
• Todorov- ending- performance- unity in the bingo hall- first walks in and gets alien reaction, once performance starts they 'forget their prejudices', stands with small white woman at the end- music and artistry can be very progressive,
• music video- made for promotion- performance mode- typical dancing in music videos- lip syncing- live performance, performance mode= what elements do we have in the music video the artist uses to promote themself, promoting his artistry as a musician- line dancing with country genre similarity, marketing the artist