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| From | "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Getting "IT" |
| Date | Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:55:25 -0500 |
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Jocelyn wrote:
"2. it disturbs me that the image of some man tearing
at a woman's clothing is not what is seemingly
disturbing to the media/public at large, but that the
fact that her breast was bared seems to be the issue.
janet is the whore/tramp/slut trying to forward her
career, while little justin remains snow white and
blameless. he carelessly laughs it off to the media
"we gave you something to talk about" "it was a
'wardrobe malfunction'" (??) and she has to do all
the backtracking and apologizing."
Personally I wouldn't mind if they had a 100 topless Las Vegas showgirls
doing a halftime show; it wouldn't offend me. That doesn't take away from
the fact that Janet Jackson is a selfish, self-promoting, greedy person who,
yes, was trying to "forward her career." She did what she did precisely
BECAUSE she knew people would be offended and because she knew she wasn't
permitted to do it. If she thought people would just be bored by it she
wouldn't have bothered. Unfortunately P.T. Barnum was right: "There IS a
sucker born every minute." Every lame artist who needs a hit takes his/her
clothes off in an attempt to sell records. Madonna. Then Janet the first
time around with the guy grabbing her breasts on Rolling Stone. Britney.
Christina. Enough already. It would've been better if they had a Victoria
Secret special during halftime so we wouldn't have had to hear Janet
Jackson's performance.
And by the way, people I've seen television WERE offended by the ripping
itself. But how can you expect them to take that out on Justin Timberlake
when clearly Janet Jackson herself has taken responsibility for planning it?
Of course, if a male performer had unexpectedly ripped off a female
performer's shirt, I would think the reaction would be very different.
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