It's started. Are you watching it? I hope to God you're not.
So, a couple days ago, The Dog wrote an unusually emotional and heartfelt article about Michael Jackson. How much we all loved his music, his dancing, his style, his everything. How he was probably the only person in the world who could dress like a cross between a dominatrix, a dancer from West Side Story, and a flamboyantly gay army captain ... and have everyone be like "That s**t is so cool. That has to be the coolest thing I've ever seen." U don't have that much swagger. Can YOU pull something like that off? Didn't think so.
Well, now that he is dead, he is worth so much more than he was alive. His memorial will be at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, CA. Yeah, the same place they have the Academy Awards. I know, something is wrong with that, right? Also, his body will be placed on stage for all to see.
So although we here at The Angry Pothound are fans, there is absolutely no way we can bring ourselves to watch it. The moneygrubbing. The self-serving father. The self-congratulatory performances of at least half a dozen famous singers who all "want to say goodbye to a friend" ... but are really possibly only promoting themselves. Don't fool yourselves, everything that an artist at that level does is a calculated move meant to bring them more: more fame, more fans, more money. It's show business, the operative word being "business."
Just when did s**t get so sad?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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3 comments:
couldn't agree with you more.
The media helped bring about his demise, and now even at death they can't leave him alone. This should be a time for those who REALLY care about Michael Jackson to mourn and remember his life. It is really sad... how we humans have gotten, so greedy, so selfish... so unfortunate
The Memorial was important for two reasons; (1) to vindicate him and (2) pay respect.
Throughout the ceremony, people tried to show that he was not what the media saw him as (a peadophile freak who chopped off his nose and bleached his skin). I think though late, was important. I also believe that what his daughter said at the end about him being "the best father" shows the Human Nature of Michael Jackson.
Usher, his brothers, Brooke Shields, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and many others weren't using this to boost their careers. In fact, that couldn't be further from the truth. I honestly believe that most speeches/performances were sincere.
Joseph Jackson is a fool and has been identified as a major cause of Michael Jackson's demise and is not worth time for discussion. Promoting his record label hours after his son died baffles me. How can one be so impervious for a deceased child, when many others, who have never met the guy, have been bawling theirs eyes out.
Didn't realize I just wrote a Common Entrance essay.
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