>>4757283This is a very narrow view of "political stance". The social realists of late 19th century and early 20th century wrote about the plight of the working masses in Europe, America and Japan, usually without an outright call to action, but their purpose was still political.
Even the most objective observer still observes from their own subjective point of view. A more modern example would be how American media, both fictional and "factual", is dominated by urban perspectives. Rural life is rarely depicted and heavily stereotyped, because the people who make and own the media are overwhelmingly coastal urbanites.
Contextualising art with questions like "Who, how, why" is a perfectly fine methodology for investigating the relationship between society and the media it produces, even if right now it means gay american culture wars over "representation".
