I don't find it all the same. I have an ingrained hatred of 'political' 'folk' 'music'. I find brecht clunky and dull. But I can dance to rage against the machine, i think a room of one's own is hilarious...
but your definition
>Art that's consciously and explicitly about political subjects
begs some questions --
I think many things are consciously and explicitly about political subjects which other people do not think are at all consciously and explicitly about political subjects. What happens now?
Catherine