Spot on
@Bolo . I'm going to try and explain things to Bob so I'll type real slow.
Bob, there is POLITICS - that is, the normal struggles of people and institutions in their efforts to accomplish goals, in which case, no duh, all art is "political" because all art is going to have some parts of the human experience in them.
Then there is Politics(TM) which people are referring to and as I saw someone point out once, can better be described as "issues." That shit? That sucks and dates a work faster than clothing, hair style, and music. Because the latter things can last in style for at least a year, but "issues" are lucky to last a week. When you and the other NPCs start going on about "issue" works, you're no different from the fundies and their christian films.
Here's how you can tell the difference: If you were to remove or change a "politics" detail, does the story still work? Or does it fall apart?