Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 25, 2020 19:50:09 GMT
The Dixie Chicks have officially changed their name to “the Chicks,” after public discussions arose over the appropriateness of the Civil War-era “Dixie” as part of their moniker.
The group had long been unofficially referred to as simply the Chicks by many fans and most of their associates in the music industry, but losing the “Dixie” is still a surprise, albeit a pleasant one to some supporters who had been quietly uncomfortable with the name and its historic connotations.
The move was immediately greeted with derision by many conservative voices on social media, some of whom called it “virtue signaling” — although, as the country music website Farcethemusic noted in a tweet, “I can’t imagine removing ‘Dixie’ from The Chicks’ name is truly the ‘last straw’ for anybody. Anyone who’d be upset about that is already off the bandwagon.”
variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-change-name-1234689849/
The group had long been unofficially referred to as simply the Chicks by many fans and most of their associates in the music industry, but losing the “Dixie” is still a surprise, albeit a pleasant one to some supporters who had been quietly uncomfortable with the name and its historic connotations.
The move was immediately greeted with derision by many conservative voices on social media, some of whom called it “virtue signaling” — although, as the country music website Farcethemusic noted in a tweet, “I can’t imagine removing ‘Dixie’ from The Chicks’ name is truly the ‘last straw’ for anybody. Anyone who’d be upset about that is already off the bandwagon.”
variety.com/2020/music/news/dixie-chicks-change-name-1234689849/
) or movie (like In the Garden of Good and Evil 
) - ?!?!? I don't think it's gonna happen. 
