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While the bloodied, small-handed corpse certainly resembles Trump, and the act of beheading perhaps a commentary of sorts on the Republican presidential candidate’s attitude toward Islamist extremists, Manson, speaking on the eve of the election, says that the work is open to varying interpretations. | While the bloodied, small-handed corpse certainly resembles Trump, and the act of beheading perhaps a commentary of sorts on the Republican presidential candidate’s attitude toward Islamist extremists, Manson, speaking on the eve of the election, says that the work is open to varying interpretations. | ||
| − | “Either way tomorrow goes, the visuals are meant to create contemplation. Because it’s obviously bigger than just tomorrow,” he says. “It’s about the desperate acts of people who believe something that is preached by an unbeliever.” | + | “Either way tomorrow goes, the visuals are meant to create contemplation. Because it’s obviously bigger than just tomorrow,” he says. “It’s about the desperate acts of people who believe something that is preached by an unbeliever.” |
| − | “Right now we’re in such a state of confusion when it comes to religion, politics, sexuality, and how they all tie together, and it’s being turned into a circus and a sideshow—and that’s something that I’ve been described as a ringleader of,” Manson continues. “It seems like a time for me as an artist, and as an American artist, to make something that causes a new set of questions to arise that aren’t simply statements.” | + | “Right now we’re in such a state of confusion when it comes to religion, politics, sexuality, and how they all tie together, and it’s being turned into a circus and a sideshow—and that’s something that I’ve been described as a ringleader of,” Manson continues. “It seems like a time for me as an artist, and as an American artist, to make something that causes a new set of questions to arise that aren’t simply statements.” |
Manson has had a famously contentious relationship with the American right—one that began when [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/12/marilyn-manson-it-s-fun-to-see-fox-news-go-down-in-flames.html conservative outlets like Fox News] irresponsibly tied him to the 1999 Columbine massacre, (falsely) alleging his music inspired the shooters, and culminating in an on-air showdown wherein the heavily makeuped shock rocker thoroughly embarrassed Bill O’Reilly. As far as his political allegiances go, [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/12/marilyn-manson-it-s-fun-to-see-fox-news-go-down-in-flames.html Manson told me earlier this year] that he will not be casting a vote in the upcoming election, refusing to choose between “cat shit and dog shit.” | Manson has had a famously contentious relationship with the American right—one that began when [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/12/marilyn-manson-it-s-fun-to-see-fox-news-go-down-in-flames.html conservative outlets like Fox News] irresponsibly tied him to the 1999 Columbine massacre, (falsely) alleging his music inspired the shooters, and culminating in an on-air showdown wherein the heavily makeuped shock rocker thoroughly embarrassed Bill O’Reilly. As far as his political allegiances go, [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/12/marilyn-manson-it-s-fun-to-see-fox-news-go-down-in-flames.html Manson told me earlier this year] that he will not be casting a vote in the upcoming election, refusing to choose between “cat shit and dog shit.” | ||
