#TaylorSwift, #Queen of the 2018 #AmericanMusicAwards

The 2018 American Music Awards were basically a 3-hour-long celebration of Taylor Swift. Here’s a look at the awards and Swift’s symbolic performance.

By Vigilant Citizen

Most of my articles about award shows stress one important fact: They’re often carefully orchestrated pieces of ritual drama involving a limited number of characters. Take a look at my previous articles about past award shows and you’ll quickly see a clear pattern forming.

The 2018 AMAs obviously fit in this unmistakable pattern. The entire show was orchestrated to convey to convey a clear message: “All Hail Taylor Swift”. And, in an era where everything must be politicized to an extreme level, Swift made her political “coming-out” at the most strategic moment possible.

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