Do you think that when country music singers make gospel songs?

Question

And the setting is in a prodominantly black church, are they making it look stereotypical. Take for example the new Trish Yearwood song. She sings in a chruch with 2 white people in it. The church looks like a rundown barn. I dont think all black people say amen constantly even when no one is talking

Answer 1

There are so many church denominations and such a wide variety of styles of worship........some churches are incredibly rich and others so incredibly poor........to give the strongest communication in the shortest bit of film.........
to choose a poor church where the people's faith is personal and vocal communicates stronger than the image of a church where all is silent and still with people appearing to be detached from what is going on up-front.

Answer 2

I don't think they are making it look stereotypical as much as paying honor to the roots of much gospel music. Many artists have taken something from gospel music as it was sung in the barns with people saying amen all the time - perhaps she attended a church that appeared that way so she is recreating what she saw elsewhere. Both Elvis and Hank Williams among many others drew upon older gospel music as sung and practiced by African Americans as part of who they became and how they performed but she is showing where the music came from.

Answer 3

Yeah it is sterotypical. Although there is some truth to the generalizations. The Black people tend to be livelier in Church. That isn't a bad thing either.

Answer 4

I just stopped in to say that that was a great answer that Hope gave.