A piece of text can evoke a great sense of hope for some, like Mollie Hemingway, who sees Beyonce “punishing herself for the absence of her husband,” while “full of resentment towards an unfaithful husband,” yet her songs lead to emphasizing “the importance and benefits of forgiveness and reconciliation.” Whereas, others, like Kelly McGlaughlin and Mia De Graaf of the Daily Mail, recognize Queen Bey’s acknowledgement to the Black Lives Matter community by featuring the mothers of young black men killed by police officers in a music video. Whether or not the audience interprets a product like Lemonade the way Beyonce intended is irrelevant, because the audience’s reception dictates how texts are consumed and that allows for such a wide variety of opinions that go deeper than a surface-level analysis and support an “active audience”
A piece of text can evoke a great sense of hope for some, like Mollie Hemingway, who sees Beyonce “punishing herself for the absence of her husband,” while “full of resentment towards an unfaithful husband,” yet her songs lead to emphasizing “the importance and benefits of forgiveness and reconciliation.” Whereas, others, like Kelly McGlaughlin and Mia De Graaf of the Daily Mail, recognize Queen Bey’s acknowledgement to the Black Lives Matter community by featuring the mothers of young black men killed by police officers in a music video. Whether or not the audience interprets a product like Lemonade the way Beyonce intended is irrelevant, because the audience’s reception dictates how texts are consumed and that allows for such a wide variety of opinions that go deeper than a surface-level analysis and support an “active audience”