Sex 'n' Pop
8.8
2004
Documentary
Looks at the overwhelming impact pop music has had since the 90s and how our media saturated society has allowed pop music to become an overtly commercial product. The kids' have been subjected to, and manipulated by sophisticated marketing ploys from the pop music industry in order to maintain their huge profits. What kind of effect does this have on youth culture? What kind of youth do adolescents get to enjoy today, if their world seems to be one reality talent show after another? How much are adolescents affected by the stereotypes portrayed in pop video culture? Sex'n'Pop seeks to find answers to these questions.
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- Cast:
- Divine
Episode 4 : It aint necessarily so
August. 05,2004
In gay and lesbian pop history there was always a game with identities. From playing with “bi” in glam rock of the 70s to the “hypes” of 2004 - “sex 'n' pop” tells the story of a really successful emancipation. How accepted are gays these days? What is the picture in the media? Why are there so few open lesbians in the music business? "Sex 'n' Pop" clarifies.
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Episode 3 : Sexual healing
July. 29,2004
No other music culture has as many clichés as there is about "Black Music". "Sex 'n' Pop" wants to show the peculiarities of a culture that is still imbued with the legacy of the slave owner society - the very Afro-American culture that has shaped global pop music so sustainably.
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