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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Getting "IT" |
| Date | Thu, 5 Feb 2004 11:23:53 -0500 |
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I think they share equally in the blame-- and I don't believe that MTV knew
nothing about the stunt.
What probably was supposed to happen, was that Timberlake was to rip off
that leather S&M thingie she was wearing, but not the red undergarment. He
was probably supposed to reveal her underwear. Notice how she looks down at
her breast when it happens; not at him. Her surprise wasn't in his action;
it was in the fact that the red undergarment came down as well. So when he
initially said "wardrobe malfunction," he was actually essentially telling
the truth.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eytan Mirsky" <eytanmirsky@hotmail.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:55 PM
Subject: Getting "IT"
> 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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