The protagonist of Adichie’s award-winning novel Americanah, writer Ifemelu, is independent and strong-willed, resistant to myths and hero worship. You can easily imagine her penning a fierce, passionate argument for vaccination on her blog. But how would she feel about her creator’s latest short story, about the way it deifies its subject in the service of an admirable cause? I’m not so sure. The question of artistic cause. Propaganda places irrelevant emphasis on the story-and how it was funded-intent; everything is commodified. However American Sniper and all its embellishments, is not given such a reference despite its consistent dehumanization of an entire race. But that is none of my business.
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 05:19:56 +0000
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