Genre

In out Cop Lecture we discussed how genre can define a piece of work as well as misinterpret it. Genre is used as a tool to put different types of work into categories. We use genre in music by making terms like Metal, Pop, Rock, Classical, R&B, Rap, and so on. While in movies we use words like Action, Romance, Fantasy, or Western. At the same time though, we could be classifying things that could use more or two genres as one genre, therefore misinterpreting it. And then there are certain artists who don't want their work to be put in a genre, but people put it in one anyway. As humans we enjoy putting things in categories, whether those categories are constructive or not is up to the people who make them.