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AnSionnachRua · 2614 days ago · link · · parent · post: This is Why You Probably Hate Slam Poetry According to a Linguistic Scholar
God damn I hated slam poetry the one time I went to see it. I think it really comes down to the strived-for emotive impact that Alley mentions; it tries to be super serious and sombre and intense, and to really beat you over the head with some emotional point, and thereby has always come across to me as pretentious or condescending.
ArtemusBlank · 2613 days ago · link ·
I get that, there have been times when I feel like slam poetry can come off pretentious and condescending. It sometimes does try too hard.