We have a major problem with recreating the aesthetics of something without understanding anything about the thing itself.
I have to wonder if it boils down to some basic "monkey see monkey do" mirror neuron thing where we're inclined to act out what others do regardless of context or consciousness. I'm teaching my baby to crawl by pantomiming it. Is Heath Ledger teaching us how to be The Joker? Can cultural appropriation be pinned down when Japan has mayo pizza and we have California rolls?
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