The idea that someone like Tarantino -- whose movies I've not seen -- somehow "made it cool" to enjoy blaxploitation films or whatever is a little offensive to me. To some of use growing up in the city during a certain period of American life, those movies were our Saturday afternoon. Were the cultural norms my youth a guilty pleasure until some hipster movie director accredited the cultural aspects of it? Was Mickey Spillane a guilty pleasure for me until John Zorn "sponsored" him?
Of course we don't need to remind you that not everyone lives in the United States (America is very big and the term should be used accordingly, by the way). For many of us, blaxploitation didn't even exist before that (it's an exaggeration, of course, we did but perhaps he made us note that there were some interesting movies to watch; before that it was a rumor, so to speak). I wouldn't feel offended if you checked a Luis Buñuel film after seeing the "Madness, Love and Mysticism" cover. That would be ridiculous. Don't compare your tradition or daily life exposure to certain "products" to those of someone in another country. Mike Hammer was an incredibly successful TV series that 99% people remember in Spain (at least in Catalonia), but I bet only 1% of them would even know Spillane's name vaguely. If I were you, I'd feel satisfied if a guy, after listening to one of my albums, wanted to check where all that music came from. It's how things work, so don't feel insulted so quickly. Efrén del Valle JZ: Morricone Tribute (bootleg) _______________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sorteos ¡Ya puedes comprar LoterÃa de Navidad! http://yahoo.ventura24.es/