Theory

Last night I watched the documentary "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck", from 2015.

Lots of interesting archive material that I hadn't seen before - home videos and audio tapes. But I gotta say I hated the film.

Felt like a never-ending exploitation and aesthetization of mental health issues. I felt like Kurt Cobain was portrayed as a victim as the film spreads blame for his sorrows. Or a bad (worse) taste "13 reasons why" for Kurt Cobain.

Nirvana was very important for me, for my generation. The film got me thinking about why we don't see anything that mix of sorrowful, visceral and explosive energy anymore.

(There are still great agressive political songs. And I'm not counting metal because it seems like an either too escapist or fascist environment nowadays. Correct me if I'm wrong.)

I want to believe that it's because attention to mental health improved over the decades and young people get to sing about other stuff now. And I think that's a lot thanks to cultural expressions like Nirvana.

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I don't know... I don't think that's a public matter, you know?