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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
rock n roll is world music. ALL music is world music. it is made in the world.
"world music" as a genre is a bullshit catch-all for anything not made by white people. It is a dumb term.
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The same occurs in film, where 'World Cinema' refers to any film made outside of Western Europe and the USA. It also gives special emphasis to films that adopt certain native 'folk' traditions. It's a double-edged sword. It promotes a nation's films but imposes constraints on the types of films that are produced. Many countries churn out pseudo-folk films to satisfy a Western idea of what that nation 'is'.
Most of the big-name directors in 'World Cinema' are far more popular in the West than they are in their own countries.