The ‘Fight Song’ of the Powerful and Privileged
these are not plucky underdogs facing long odds, either. These are successful Hollywood and music stars, singing that nobody’s going to keep them down anymore, no one’s going to silence them, no one’s going to ignore them. Who’s silencing them? The studio executives that won’t give them a larger share of the residuals on DVD sales?
No one at the Democratic convention recognized the irony of a song about the underdog being sung by a group of people who have more advantages, privileges, money, wealth, fame and power than almost anyone who hears it. This is the Richest 1 Percent declaring proudly that no one’s going to keep them down. Of course not, because they’re not down! By any standard — talent, appearances, connections, charisma — these are arguably the least-kept-down people in America.