Stan and the Censorship
...ares. He is what we as a society are all looking for, to be liked. Stan cannot get Eminems attention for some reason due to the fact that Eminem ignores him at concerts and never writes back. What kind of role model would not write back to his fans? especially one who believes himself to be the number one fan of eminem. He then goes out and decides to do the stuff that Eminem does on the cd. He thinks that for once, someone understands him.That Eminem believes in him and will be astonished at what he has done. He kilt his baby, wife, and himself for the love of music. That is what music is about, for the love of it. Eminems single “Stan”, is a rap that his fans inspired him to write. Fans that take his music too seriously, and look too deeply into his lyrics. The song is about a man named Stan, who has killed people, hit his wife, and done everything that Eminem raps about. Little did Stan know that most of Eminems lyrics were for laughs, Stan ends up going too far, and in the end kills himself. With a song as breathtaking as this one, Eminem encourages his fans to not take his lyrics seriously, and to enjoy them for what they are.After people heard these songs they began to want to censor music because current music does not help our society as a nation or a whole. Bla, blah, blah. There is a great deal of confusion (one everybody’s part) as to what freedom of expression is in the US, and how it applies to music. Everybody knows that there are radio stations, religious and community groups, retailers, and record labels that “censor” musical artists in some way today. Obviously not everyone wants to hear what certain artists want to say, but how far should censors go? How far can they go before taking away right of free speech, freedom of ex...