‘Pulp’ Review: A Rockumentary For the “Common People”
Written by Landon Palmer
British rock band Pulp’s best-known song, “Common People,” is a satire of cultural tourism, an indictment of the valorization of working-class authenticity by those who do not belong to it. As working-class identity has been an essential part of British rock ’n’ roll, “Common People” is essentially a middle finger to interloping posers, to those who hav…
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