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Originally posted by uusagii
.... the difference being that Madonna exploited an underground culture that was exclusively seen as an escape/community for oppressed LGBT of color, as opposed to Beyoncé bringing relevance to various social issues that's more or less ignored by the general public lmao
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Madonna brought more attention to LGBT issues than any mainstream performer during the 80s. She was able to verbally express herself in live interviews and hold her own on top of that. Madonna wasn't simply consuming underground culture back then.
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Originally posted by PrettyHurts
Beyoncé's entire career is "urban" from the 90s to present though It's a part of who she is as a person and an artist, same can't be said for Madonna with Vogue which came off as her trying to insert herself into a culture (ballroom) she isn't a part of. You kind of backtracked on your statement hun
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No, I never backtracked. I stand by what I said. I challenged the article when I thought the writer was giving her credit for creating culture that was already birthed by various artists, famous and unknown alike, that are usually ignored by the press. Instead, the title and article state that she's really good at making money and other forms of capital by pushing certain cultural elements to the forefront, which I have never disagreed with.
Beyoncé might have always been an urban artist, but she was never as fine-tuned to underground culture ready to explode commercially as she is now, which is why her impact today is greater than, say, seven years ago.
Also, Madonna didn't suddenly insert herself into the ballroom culture. She was an activist and ally since the beginning of her career, so she was naturally aware of the ballroom scene. Neither Madonna nor Beyoncé created the culture, which was my point, but the article doesn't really discuss creating culture, so I had to make a correction to my original post. I don't backtrack.