Source: Law & Liberty
by Titus Techera
“The first time Chalamet’s Dylan talks about himself and fame he suggests one has to be a freak, like in a carnival, certainly, something people can’t look away from. His girlfriend compares him, perhaps unfavorably, to Sinatra, who is not a freak. Sinatra would be the definitive post-war artist if classing up popular music mattered very much, but the American audience is much larger than the suit-wearing class. Another contender for the role may have been Elvis, who was more popular than Dylan, but Elvis is much more a creature of his native South than the Northern cities that gave America mass media and pop culture. Compared to them, Dylan could barely sing — but he could write. He is the natural artistic representative for a democracy dedicated to learning, perhaps even universal access to higher education.” (02/28/25)