me: tango...
basti: you can't do it if you're american
sorry
too nouveau
me: what do you mean too nouveau?
basti: you need actual old world cred to pull it off
otherwise, it's just consumer choice and appropriation
me: ...what's the implication?
basti: It's a nasty one.
me: explain
basti: Authenticity.
me: so what do those of us who grew up in the intersection of cultures say to ourselves? at which point can we say we are 'authentic'?
basti: I don't know.
me: it's an important question no?
authenticity could be no more than a set of caricatures
basti: That's why I said it was a nasty implication.
I think the whole obsession with authenticity is self-delusion.
me: why is that?
basti: What does it really mean?
me: aside from the phenomenon that it is what seems to be most valued...
basti: It has illusory value.
And it's not something I put a lot of time or effort into worrying about.
