Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.
I think maybe since there isn't a great deal of access to the mainstream media and people don't understand the language of mainstream media, if you put music out there with lyrics that are loosely political, people absorb some of it and spit it back out.
Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.
The truth is, every movie is a message movie. It's just that most movies have messages that are in lock step with the status quo.
It's bad enough being conned into singing an anti-war message by John Lennon when you think you're just wishing everyone a merry Christmas.
Crime, horror, and satire each aim to reveal an ugly or uncomfortable truth: one that, after the reveal, will ensure we'll never be the same. The big difference between those genres being the effect they create.
Comics are just mirrors. People can either laugh at the reflection or be disgusted by it.
We read our own political content into The Clash, and they accepted it.
Would we even recognize an Oliver Stone production if it didn't kick up the usual fuss?
