So you just gone pretend Josephine Baker & Earth Kitt don't exist
You can't compare the medium of acting to that of music. I mean you should have listed Donna Summer & Tina Turner. However Janet expanded upon the template these women built and allowed for more sexuality of minority women to be expressed
These children fail to realize how taboo it was for minority women to display sexuality in western soceity in the 80's and 90's. It took someone like Janet to be the first to open that lane for black women to be sexually fluid. So that whole serfboard and grinding on wood crap Beyonce is singing about wouldn't have been as acceptable if Janet had not been a black woman singing about sex. That's Janet's impact on Beyonce and that's the trail she layed ffor Beyonce. Beyonce has yet to duplicate anything similar.
So what about Josephine Baker, Donna Summer or even Earth Kitt?
These children fail to realize how taboo it was for minority women to display sexuality in western soceity in the 80's and 90's. It took someone like Janet to be the first to open that lane for black women to be sexually fluid. So that whole serfboard and grinding on wood crap Beyonce is singing about wouldn't have been as acceptable if Janet had not been a black woman singing about sex. That's Janet's impact on Beyonce and that's the trail Beyonce layed. Beyonce has yet to duplicate anything similar.
I dislike when people reduce Janet's legacy to sex (what she did to progress R&B music is far, far more important) and the ball was rolling on the female sexual liberation in music long before Janet or Madonna. Donna Summer was mimicking orgasms on records, Diana Ross was humping the air in concerts (go see any "It's My House" performance) and making references to her private parts etc. in the 70s/early 80s long before Janet or Madonna's sexual exploration (and they weren't the first, either).
You can't compare the medium of acting to that of music. I mean you should have listed Donna Summer & Tina Turner. However Janet expanded upon the template these women built and allowed for more sexuality of minority women to be expressed
Why does a critic have to talk about something for it to be iconic. Let the **** speak for itself. Look at all of the bitches walking around with box braids aka POETIC JUSTICE braids now . I'm not saying that it is iconic, but it's damn sure have more cultural influence than any Beyonce movie.
So you just gone pretend Josephine Baker & Earth Kitt don't exist
I'm quite aware of what they did in their careers. Musically and lyrically Janet did what neither of the aforementioned did as they were predominately actresses and performance artists so mentioning them has nothing to do with this discussion.