History Headscratchers / TaylorSwift

* OK, so this isn't the usual headscratcher... but why is there a FourOneNineScam involving Taylor Swift doing the rounds on the Internet (I found this mentioned on someone's blog recently). Surely celebrity 419 scams are a DeadHorseTrope nowadays?
** There are people out there who are stupid enough to buy DVD rewinders, it is really so surprising that there are people stupid enough to fall for this?
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* First of all, some clarification: I am in no way a fan of Taylor Swift's, so this question isn't coming from that point of view. Now, the question -- why is it that Taylor Swift is made a subject of ridicule by people who probably highly esteem Music/CarlySimon, when both are known for doing the same thing (that is, writing a whole bunch of songs about their relationships)? I actually view Taylor Swift as the 2010s countrified version of 1970s era Carly Simon and think Swift has the potential to release a fantastic Oscar-bait song in the next decade, similar to Simon's "Let the River Run" (for ''Film/WorkingGirl''). So why does Carly get away with having done the very same thing that Taylor's doing right now?
** Because Simon doesn't make it a point to put out one BreakUpSong after another. There's a reason Swifty's relationships were the {{Punchline}} of more than one award show. If Music/CarrieUnderwood, of all people, is mocking you...

* First of all, some clarification: I am in no way a fan of Taylor Swift's, so this question isn't coming from that point of view. Now, the question -- why is it that Taylor Swift is made a subject of ridicule by people who probably highly esteem CarlySimon, when both are known for doing the same thing (that is, writing a whole bunch of songs about their relationships)? I actually view Taylor Swift as the 2010s countrified version of 1970s era Carly Simon and think Swift has the potential to release a fantastic Oscar-bait song in the next decade, similar to Simon's "Let the River Run" (for ''Film/WorkingGirl''). So why does Carly get away with having done the very same thing that Taylor's doing right now?

** What's even worse about that song? TheScarletLetter. Has she read The Scarlet Letter? Has she read the back of The Scarlet Letter? Has she ever heard even the slightest thing about the content of The Scarlet Letter? Why the hell would you want to compare yourself to The Scarlet Letter? It's not romantic. It has nothing to do with Romeo and Juliet. It doesn't even flow well lyrically. It just comes across as her trying to look smart and cultured and failing, badly.
*** Love Story always came off as a parody to me, since both Romeo and Juliet and TheScarletLetter are constantly misunderstood as romance stories, or their plots are used and altered to make romance stories. You see it all the time with fanfiction and pretty much any other version of the story that isn't word-for-word from the stories themselves, though R&J is especially guilty of this. I thought Taylor was mocking the people who think of them that way. Almost every R&J story you see subverts the DownerEnding to make them live happily ever after.

** Because Simon doesn't make it a point to put out one BreakUpSong after another. There's a reason Swifty's relationships were the {{Punchline}} of more than one award show. If CarrieUnderwood, of all people, is mocking you...

* So in "You Belong With Me" we see Taylor's love interest play football, then in the next scene it's prom. Problem is that Football season occurs in the Fall and prom near the end of the school year in the Spring. Unless time had passed but then that means she kept that love note with her for at least 5 months?

* First of all, some clarification: I am in no way a fan of Taylor Swift's, so this question isn't coming from that point of view. Now, the question -- why is it that Taylor Swift is made a subject of ridicule by people who probably highly esteem CarlySimon, when both are known for doing the same thing (that is, writing a whole bunch of songs about their relationships)? I actually view Taylor Swift as the 2010s countrified version of 1970s era Carly Simon and think Swift has the potential to release a fantastic Oscar-bait song in the next decade, similar to Simon's "Let the River Run" (for ''{{Working Girl}}''). So why does Carly get away with having done the very same thing that Taylor's doing right now?

** Because Simon doesn't make it a point to put out one BreakUpSong after another. There's a reason Swifty's relationships were the PunchLine of more than one award show. If CarrieUnderwood, of all people, is mocking you...

* A scarlet letter could mean something or someone who's shameful to be associated with. I always though "Juliet" was sying she was a shameful person to know, but Romeo loved her anyway and that made him special.

* First of all, some clarification: I am in no way a fan of Taylor Swift's, so this question isn't coming from that point of view. Now, the question -- why is it that Taylor Swift is made a subject of ridicule by people who probably highly esteem Carly Simon, when both are known for doing the same thing (that is, writing a whole bunch of songs about their relationships)? I actually view Taylor Swift as the 2010s countrified version of 1970s era Carly Simon and think Swift has the potential to release a fantastic Oscar-bait song in the next decade, similar to Simon's "Let the River Run" (for ''{{Working Girl}}''). So why does Carly get away with having done the very same thing that Taylor's doing right now?
** Because Swifty constantly makes a point of this, especially this being the digital age; Simon does not.

** One, it's the digital age. Two, I wonder if Simon was a SerialDater?