Thursday, February 24, 2011

It’s embarrassing for everyone

Dance hall music in Jamaica, that was the subject of the documentary, it makes sense you would send the whitest guy from Middle American to report on it. It began with a montage and a voice over, the images were moving, the music vibrant, the narrator almost passable. Then you see him, donning his Tommy Bahama shirt, khaki shorts, and Tiva sandals. He is a stereotypical, middle-aged, white tourist. A dance circle forms, he jumps in, off beat, out of rhythm, they laugh, he laughs too, they both know it’s absurd.

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