So I haven't posted in a while and even this post is a couple days late. I apologize to all 3 people who actually read this blog. (And no, my mama isn't one of them. That may sound sad to some, but my mom isn't exactly tech savy, nor would she appreciate some of the language I use. Fuck it.)
Well, the world has been a crazy place since I last posted here. Governors are emailing their sexy South American mistresses. Senators are making sex tapes. And several celebrities have psssed on to the other side. Billy Mays (more of a cult celebrity), Farrah, McMahon...but none larger than the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Now, I'm not one to gawk and all over celebrities, so I wasn't pressed to watch all the media coverage. Or to watch all the people who put their lives on hold to stand around the hospital. But it was, and still is, the biggest story going.
BET had about 3 days to put something together in the form of a tribute to this icon before their awards show aired. And what did they come up with? TRASH!!! HOT, SMELLY GARBAGE!!! Only reason I tuned in to the show was to see them pay tribute and just ended up wasting 3+ hours of my life.
Now, the show overall was a train wreck. If you were on Twitter or Facebook during the show, you saw plenty of commentary. But the largest disappointment of the night had to be the attempted tribute to Michael. Having people talk about their favorite MJ memories was good...well, except that one guy. Keri Hilson trying to recreate that scene from the "Bad" video...not good. (Keri, we could still kick it, but you were tryin to do too much.) Showing Chris Brown's MJ routine from however many years ago, good. (Having him actually BE THERE would've been much better, but you know...people don't like Chris Breezy right now.) Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo singing, that was alright. But for the love of God, those 2 were singing the whole damn show!!! But where was the video montage? He was known more for his dancing and videos than anything else, so why not showcase that in the final portion of the show? Naw, we just gonna show these two dudes standing on stage.
Jamie Foxx said "He was ours. Michael was OUR icon" blah blah blah...I think he made a joke about MJ's nose before he moved on. Well, if that's how we're gonna treat "our" icons and such...don't do me any favors. That tribute looked more like the first half of the movie "Kingdom Come", somebody dies and the family just randomly gets together.
I understand that they "only had 3 days" to put something together. But if you only have 3 days, you don't try to make the WHOLE SHOW about MJ. You plan 3 or 4 HIGH QUALITY segments and make sure you have his hit songs in heavy rotation during the breaks.
But let's be honest with ourselves. There's a reason many of us don't watch BET. A failed MJ tribute is just one more straw on the camel's back. Too bad the camel was already in full body traction...
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Hey BET only had less than 2 days actually to prepare for it. The show itself was pre-recorded on Saturday afternoon. Thursday night/evening was when the news confirmed MJ passed away. Therefore they technically didn't have much time to perform, practice nor get things together, it's the best they could do so they had to edit what they can to put in some MJ tribute. The show wasn't aired til Sunday night...so for the public, people thought it was actually 3 days to prepared but it was not.
ReplyDeleteOK, perhaps they only had 2 days of real preparation. But check this link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK25cfzdTTg
These prisoners in the Philipines put together a tribute in 10 hours. That's 10 hours from the time they found out he was dead, not 10 hours of total practice time. And to be honest, it was better than BET's entire show.
And my point still stands, where was the video montage? Even in 2 days, they couldn't clip together some MJ videos to showcase the man's legendary dance moves?