Thursday, July 09, 2009
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Disservice to MJ, Disservice to Ourselves
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Posted by:
Jillian Bandes at
1:19 PM
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Great work by Steve Lopez of the LA Times:
A lot of scrappy vendors trying to sell a piece of the man, the media hordes cashing in on the celebrity culture it helps manufacture, the cops collecting overtime, the international telecast selling merchandise to benefit the estate, the owner of Staples Center working a marketing angle or two.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tried his best to get in on the action as well, asking Jackson fans worldwide to help defray the high price of the city's massive preparation for crowds that never showed.
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The way you vultures have been hounding Michael Jackson is just as despicable as these vendors or these celebrities or lawyers or "gossipists". If anything the only true emotion for Jackson came from his crying daughter be4cause she wasn't corrupted by you scum. Shame, shame, shame. And I'm getting a little sick of talking about this, so good day. |
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celebrity is not new. MJ would have loved what is going on now. Steve Lopez has a right to his opinion, but let's be realistic, folks....MJ was never convicted, and $20 million to him in 1993 was like $100 is to you or me, esp. since it is likely that his homeowners' and umbrella insurers probably put up a bunch of the settlement since the alleged acts occurred at his home.
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The circus atmosphere was encouraged by those close to him. His memorial was as fitting as his life. In the end, I found the whole affair empty of any meaning.
It was all about humans and their feelings, and no one seemed to notice that God was kind of missing.
Funerals are becoming memorials; events contrived to creatively pay homage to a human, not a time to stop and reflect on God and the more somber reflection of our own mortality.
I really did not feel Paris's tribute was necessary. It was uncomfortable to watch, not only in this instance, but for every funeral I go to these days, where people feel the need to get up in front of the attendees and try to talk while crying. As my pastor once said, those stories are for before and after the formal service, and a formal liturgical service helps keep the focus on God and the emotion down. It seems more dignified to me. I believe FF had a real funeral, not a circus. |
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Thats what people do here. They find ways to profit from celebrity.
The newest celebrity is our POTUS. Comic books, DVDs, etc. When he came out to do the Leno show and a townhall in OC, the news talked to all the (unemployed?) people waiting in line for two days. The second guy in line was hoping to get Obama to sign a photograph so he could sell it for lots of money. |
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