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Watch: Taylor Swift Accused of Culturally Appropriating Beyoncé’s Coachella Performance
Breitbart ^ | 2 May 2019 | Justin Caruso

Posted on 05/02/2019 7:05:34 PM PDT by KC_Lion

Youtube: taylorswift/Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Coachella

Even after making a left-wing turn, pop megastar Taylor Swift once again finds herself the target of the woke masses Wednesday night after a performance of her’s that many thought ripped off Beyoncé.

During Swift’s performance at the Billboard Music Awards Wednesday, Taylor Swift used a marching band drum line and stood in a signature pose, leading many viewers to compare her performance to Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella appearance.

(VIDEO) ME! (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) by Taylor Swift (Live From The Billboard Music Awards)

One social media user posted a photo to Instagram comparing the two performances:

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Debates over cultural appropriation and the artistic license of musicians has engulfed popular music over the last few years, as some think that white pop stars and rappers benefit off black culture without understanding it or being a part of it.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: beyonce; billboard; coachella; goddess; hatersgonnahate; music; musicawards; swift; tay; taylor; taylorswift; taytay; trashy
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To: caww
They’re both way over-rated celebrities.

Agreed. Although "over-rated celebrities" is sort of a redundancy. "Over-rated" is obviously already implied with pop culture celebs.

21 posted on 05/02/2019 7:38:01 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: RummyChick

:-o Was that for real? She didn’t even look out of breath. Paula Abdul - 56yo. Of course, she always could dance.


22 posted on 05/02/2019 7:38:38 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Keep fighting, Nick!)
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To: KC_Lion
Beyoncé appropriated that stance from a Caucasian hooker on 42nd St. in NYC.

For all the loudmouths know, Taylor Swift apprenticed with that specific hooker.

23 posted on 05/02/2019 7:39:34 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: marron
D@mn right, we are 'mericans:


24 posted on 05/02/2019 7:41:42 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: KC_Lion

I’m pretty sure neither Beyoncé or Swift are the first women to spread their legs for the entertainment of others.


25 posted on 05/02/2019 7:43:03 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: KC_Lion

26 posted on 05/02/2019 7:49:55 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: KC_Lion

Pulease. One looks like an empowered woman, the other looks like she wants more anal sex.


27 posted on 05/02/2019 7:51:14 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: KC_Lion

It isn’t same pose. I hate to tell Beyonce, but her “signature pose” is hardly unique. Like no one has ever stood like that before? Heck, I could stand like that if I wanted to, but I would look ridiculous.

It isn’t the same drum line. They drummers aren’t lined up the same way. The costumes are different. Beyonce’s has some horns in it.

So, we’re at the point that if a black person does something— anything— and a non-black does something similiar —or, in this case, barely similar — then it is “cultural appropriation”? Beyonce — and therefore, all blacks — have a copyright on this? I’m not even sure I would count Beyonce as culture, but that’s probably just the white man in me talking.

By the way, the trombone was invented in Europe. And how about that blonde hair she has?


28 posted on 05/02/2019 7:58:17 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: All
Who is "Culturally Appropriating " who?


29 posted on 05/02/2019 7:58:23 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: KC_Lion

You could say they both ripped off METROPOLIS, but Kylie Minogue did her tour 5 years before Beyonce did "Get me Bodied" (I think at the Billboards?). Everybody is ripping off someone else at this point.

30 posted on 05/02/2019 7:58:46 PM PDT by avenir
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To: King Moonracer
Who would Laz pic?🤷‍♂️
31 posted on 05/02/2019 7:58:58 PM PDT by bantam
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To: KC_Lion; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; dp0622

You made your bed, Tay-Tay. Now go lie in it.


32 posted on 05/02/2019 7:59:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (BUTTGIGGITY ! It's an anal thing. You wouldn't understand.)
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To: bantam

Both.


33 posted on 05/02/2019 8:00:15 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.)
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To: King Moonracer; Yaelle

34 posted on 05/02/2019 8:03:27 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: coaster123

If you don’t have low IQ you can’t enjoy pop culture, because vapidity of the lowest common denominator of shallow talent and shiny things can’t hold your interest.


35 posted on 05/02/2019 8:17:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: KC_Lion

When a black person speaks English is that cultural appropriation?


36 posted on 05/02/2019 8:22:57 PM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: KC_Lion

Swift’s entry was classier as opposed to Beyoncé who is trashier


37 posted on 05/02/2019 8:26:44 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: dznutz

or her Daisy Dukes shorts


38 posted on 05/02/2019 8:28:14 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: dznutz

LOL...Bouncy copied Taylor’s blonde hair. You’re right!


39 posted on 05/02/2019 8:29:04 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: RummyChick

Paula is righteous.


40 posted on 05/02/2019 8:31:41 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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