it is baffling how much the cultural climate has changed suddenly, or maybe i just haven't noticed. as far as i remember, ten years go, it was accepted in sort of leftist/slightly apolitical art milieus that you could enjoy this sort of "tasteless" exploitation in music/films/etc. - in an "enlightened" aesthetic manner or whatever.. now it seems just exploring taboo subjects without directly transparent message/agenda is totally frowned upon.. could never see BU, or even XE, as political in the slightest..