The evolution of an artist who became the most misunderstood and misrepresented icon of our time.
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Awww, for f***'s sake. How many more times can she say the exact same thing? By the looks of it, about 14 times by now.
Come on Fi, surely you've got better things to do than shill for yesterday's bigot?
Another repetitive, copy and paste "article", containing levels of unquestioning sycophancy that would make Kim Jong-un wince.
"Where there is silence from Morrissey, his critics speak for him. Where there are words from Morrissey, the critics interpret them."
When it comes to his views on race, Kevin Spacey, wearing a lapel badge of a far right party etc, he hasn't left any room for misinterpretation. If only he'd kept his gob shut, he might still have a record deal.
Having a very low public profile hasn't hurt the careers of say Dylan, Kate Bush or Kraftwerk's Ralf Hutter.
Certain people, in certain corners, can be liabilities.I like Fiona and it's nice to have someone fighting Morrissey's corner for a change.
Great T Shirt as well Moz.
The irony is that Dodwell seems oblivious to the fact that as a self-published 'blog critic' this is exactly what she does. She spins anything negative that comes out of Morrissey's mouth into something positive, or tells us it's some brave truth-telling that lesser artists would be afraid to say. She interprets his words just as a much as any 'hater', just to the opposite degree - that's what all her blog posts are: interpreting him, and telling us that Morrissey is always right."Where there is silence from Morrissey, his critics speak for him. Where there are words from Morrissey, the critics interpret them."
The usual suspects applaud on Twitter how wonderfully Fiona has written this "once again". Honestly, anyone with a modicum of objective judgement looks at her constant promotion of the only real true and uncomfortable artist on this planet with scepticism, at the very least. It doesn't matter what she writes and it does NOTHING to change the state of affairs that Morrissey has lost the majority of his fans, not because of the "nasty" media but because of what he has said and lost musically/artistically. The people didn't run away because they read a negative report about him in the media. No, they are even partly smart enough to recognise if the artist still gives you as much as he did 20-35 years ago. It's a long way from Manchester to the Hollywood Hills. I wish him a lot that he can get to grips with this again instead of applauding when people like Dodwell demonise the media for everything that went wrong in the past 15 years or so.
I don't think the main problem is the lack of objectivity. It's the complete lack of insight. You could write interesting essays from a fan's perspective, but you'd have to find fresh ways to look at Morrissey and his art. Fiona just recycles anything positive ever said about Morrissey, usually in bad prose..
I've got no problem with Dodwell being an adoring fan, but her articles are so one-sided they are utterly pointless as journalism. All her articles can be boiled down to "I wuv you Morrissey, you are the greatest and everything you do or say is amazing". She's a sycophantic cheerleader who lacks any objectivity whatsoever.
Exclusively? Interesting.It is because of the media.
It is no journalism. It is like an entry in a poetry album of the adored star..
I've got no problem with Dodwell being an adoring fan, but her articles are so one-sided they are utterly pointless as journalism.
I don't think the main problem is the lack of objectivity. It's the complete lack of insight. You could write interesting essays from a fan's perspective, but you'd have to find fresh ways to look at Morrissey and his art. Fiona just recycles anything positive ever said about Morrissey, usually in bad prose.
Exclusively? Interesting.
The usual suspects applaud on Twitter how wonderfully Fiona has written this "once again". Honestly, anyone with a modicum of objective judgement looks at her constant promotion of the only real true and uncomfortable artist on this planet with scepticism, at the very least. It doesn't matter what she writes and it does NOTHING to change the state of affairs that Morrissey has lost the majority of his fans, not because of the "nasty" media but because of what he has said and lost musically/artistically. The people didn't run away because they read a negative report about him in the media. No, they are even partly smart enough to recognise if the artist still gives you as much as he did 20-35 years ago. It's a long way from Manchester to the Hollywood Hills. I wish him a lot that he can get to grips with this again instead of applauding when people like Dodwell demonise the media for everything that went wrong in the past 15 years or so.
As I understand it, you are very fixated on Finsbury 1992 and want that as a possible argument for everything that came after? A bit easy, isn't it.Yeah, it is. Targeting someone's sexuality & ignoring their mental health issues is a breach of ethics & they know it.
I was expecting some pushback & there isn't any. Just private acknowledgement that it shouldn't have happened.
As I understand it, you are very fixated on Finsbury 1992 and want that as a possible argument for everything that came after? A bit easy, isn't it.
As I understand it, you are very fixated on Finsbury 1992 and want that as a possible argument for everything that came after? A bit easy, isn't it.
Ive had the same discussion with Nerak and she's convinced that was the start of it, I was around at the time and I can't remember anyone making a deal out of it whether a Morrissey fan or not?