Kendrick is the perfect rapper to appeal to this art-as-puzzlebox perspective, which is sort of the amoral cousin of what the artist and video essayist Brad Troemel refers to as literalism, that strain of 2010s criticism in which an artist’s morality, as well as the values depicted in their work, served as the primary lenses through which the quality of the art itself was determined. The redditization of art rewards a work simply for making references and hiding Easter Eggs within its text. It mistakes “depth,” as in something requiring a bit of work to understand what’s actually going on, for the sort of revelations about life and the world, or challenges to our long-held assumptions, that makes depth itself a worthwhile quality. Ironically, the one true and direct political statement contained in the performance wasn’t planned by Kendrick and his team at all: One of his 400 backup dancers unveiled a Palestinian and Sudanese flag during “tv off,” after which the man was forcibly removed from the stadium and banned from NFL events for life. The protester later said that he found the courage to go through with his plan because of Kendrick’s use of flags in his own performance, but Roc Nation, which produced the halftime show, had already issued a statement distancing itself from the gesture. So much for Kendrick the revolutionary.

i am more keen to work within technical limitations rather than smash my head against them. i am more understanding of how to configure hardware to give it the best chance it can have. i am laser-focused on converting waste into opportunity. all of this has to be cultivated from a place of patience and appreciation. you must understand the value and capabilities of the things around you. your willingness to be behind the curve in this field will be a virtue.

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Does the word realism have any meaning to you as an actor? > No. When you say realism, I think of naturalism, and I think about natural acting. And when I think about natural acting, I think about natural behavior. And I think sometimes that destroys movies, you know? Because we don’t just want to see imitations of life. We want to see something that is beyond that. Cinema is not just about telling stories. Everybody clings to this. Telling stories, telling stories, telling stories! It’s about light. It’s about space. It’s about tone. It’s about color. It’s about people having experiences in front of you, where, if it’s transparent enough, they can experience it with you. You become them. They become you. That’s the communion. That’s the experience. Wow. You’ve just summarized my entire philosophy of what cinema is. I don’t really care much about plot. > I don’t either! But we’re all different. My wife is always going, “Don’t tell me what happens.” I couldn’t care less. Tell me the whole story! When I watch it, I’m going to forget about where it goes anyway. It’s not about what happens. It’s about how things happen. Because there’s nothing new under the sun.

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