The Feel of Life Reflection
While reading this weeks article by Herman Gray, I was instantly reminded of other "youtube sensations" like Sweet Brown (linked below), who became an internet sensation similar to Antoine Dodson. Sweet Browns news interview also went viral and became an autotuned song that became popular across the nation. The exploitative nature of both circumstances is almost eerily similar when you compare the literal structure of the video interviews. Both Dodson and Sweet Brown come from impoverished neighborhoods and seem to be talking with a strong sense of pathos as mentioned in Grays article. While yes, their vernacular and choice of language is comical the clear intent of their interviews was to simply explain an issue that happened within their community. However even the simple juxtaposition of their voices wth the news reporters creates such a clear and disturbing sense of the other thats hard to justify. I feel like I have an understanding and appreciation for their candid resp...