I just caught wind of the new documentary “Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing” a few weeks ago and I’ve been dying to watch it ever since. The folks at M&C give us this:
The doc directed by “Harlan County USA” director Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck follows the female country music trio over three years while the band was under fire for publicly criticizing George Bush in 2003.
I’m NOT a country music fan at all. But I’ll never forget how stunned I was at the reaction The Dixie Chicks got when they said they were embarassed by George Bush’s actions. Radio Stations in the US pulled their music and tghey almost became black listed. All because they expressed a political opinion that didn’t jive with some people. WOW! Welcome to Imperial America (formerly known as North America).
Look, I do have my opinions of George Bush that aren’t so nice. But still… that doesn’t mean I’m going to think any less of any celebrity who doesn’t share my political opinion. I may not agree… I may even think their opinon is dumb… fair enough. But wow… how the Dixie Chicks got tared and feathered over expressing a different political opinion than what was held by most of the Country Music industry was just amazingly Nazi.
Oh well… just another reason to add to my “Why I hate the country music culture” list. Right beside inbreeding and Nascar.
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