ObjectivesThere is much more to popular culture and popular culture studies than most people expect. This discussion board provides us with an opportunity to discover what popular culture studies is what people who study it actually do and why. One lesson that popular culture studies takes from anthropology is using artifacts (documents products creations) as windows into other cultures. In this discussion well be doing just that.Lets consider the Mills Brothers as an example. First read this Career Overviewof the Mills Brothers.How’m I Doin’? from 1934. Note the boasting and bragging that is similar to what we hear today in so much of Rap. Notice also the vocal tricks they do clearly an early version of what became beat boxing. Sweet Lucy Brown comes from 1943 and incorporates vocalese techniques and continues their close harmony. This style influenced a lot of Doo-wop singers of the 1950s and beyond. One brother had died and was replaced by their father and a guitarist.These entertainment artifacts tell us something about the culture that produced them and the audiences that consumed them but what do they tell us and what can we learn from these clips? To begin locate a video clip created during the last 4 years that you believe has something in common with the style of either of these clips. Remember that we cannot go beyond a PG-13 environment as the student manual makes clear. Then consider how your clip relates to what youve seen of The Mills Brothers. To do this think about (you do not have to directly answer these) the following ideas:Respond in a meaningful way to one or more of your classmates first discussion posts. Dont simply say I agree or Thats great.

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