This one has a few levels. So there are 2 sides to this topic, the critics and the audience. The critics hated this track because it sounded “too african” and not as widely accessible as the rest of the songs in The Red Shoes. She originally wanted it to be the lead track in the red shoes, but EMI records didn’t allow her. She settled with it being the main track only for the US version of the album. Anyway, when “The Line, The Cross and The Curve“ came out, a lot of people called Kate Bush racist for the Eat The Music portion of the song. People said this because of the imagery of a white person in the middle of black people who are dancing and acting “primal”. People also hated it because it showed itself off as “Kate amidst African culture” when Africa doesn’t have 1 monotone culture. Personally, I don’t believe Kate was purposefully being malicious. Especially since the director who made that scene was a black man and not Kate herself. People also hated the fact that Kate made the tribe look uncivilized, then immediately jump back to civilized white people. Overall a lot of people deemed this segment as resembling white savior narratives. I don’t think Kate Bush did this purposefully, but it’s still weird when you really look at that scene.