"The Kennedy Center Honors were always a populist affair, not to be confused with the somewhat more upscale National Medal of the Arts (which Presidents are also traditionally associated with). But under Trump, who shunned them entirely in his prior term, the announced next recipients are an almost comically MOR roundup: Phantom of the Opera Michael Crawford, "I Will Survive" singer Gloria Gaynor, cartoon metal act KISS, cartoon movie machismo exemplar Sylvester Stallone, and veteran country star George Strait, who couldn't be any straiter."
"As a rare heterosexual male who stayed loyal to disco well past its official expiration date-into the sunsetting Studio 54 era depicted in Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco -as well as a moviegoer naturally disposed towards the likes of Rambo (movies in which one lone he-man saved freedom via neverending hails of bullets), Trump naturally remains true to the 1980s."
Selections for the Kennedy Center Honors include Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS, Sylvester Stallone, and George Strait. These choices prioritize populist, middle-of-the-road entertainers tied to the cheesier extravagances of the 1970s and 1980s. The group displays narrow stylistic cohesion, described as five variations of the same nostalgic comfort food. Trump returned to participation after previously shunning the honors, and his public rise and peak fame in the 1980s shape his cultural preferences. The 1980s are characterized as louder, more bombastic in film and music, favoring hypermasculine action tropes and ostentatious spectacle over subtler artistic legacies.
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