My boss made a pretty interesting point the other day. If this was only intended for Michael's personal use...why was it shot on HD cameras?
Yes, I realize he can afford it so why not? But the production value has struck me as strange since I saw the trailer. Hmmm...Now excuse me while I put on my tin-foil hat. #thisisit
Maybe it will shut up all the people still claiming that he was practically keeling over already and therefore Dr. Murray just gave him the final push. He may have been on drugs, but that doesn't mean that the doctor administering these drugs was at all in the right. In fact, what Murray did was illegal and fucked even if MJ was on his hands and knees begging for it. As a medical professional, he knew better.
But people believe what they want to believe. I choose to remember Michael in a positive light as an outstanding performer and artist, as well as someone who really tried to make a difference in the world but was thwarted by his fame and weirdness. #thisisit
@heykoukla: Definitely. That song isn't very good, and the choreography is confusing. If the song is about being oppressed by authorities, why present Michael as a quasi-dictator? #thisisit
"But the coolest moments show Jackson unadorned and unplugged. He sings "Human Nature" nearly a capella, blending vocal virtuosity and a choirboy's clarity; there's nothing false about his falsetto."
I may buy a ticket just for that song.
I was listing to the Best of the Jackson 5 yesterday. I'll be listening to their and his music for a long time.
I can't say the same for most of the pop stuff out now. Hell, most songs from last year sound dated. #thisisit
I cannot wait for this! The War Room is one of my favorite documentaries of all time... (James Carville is and was brilliant and hilarious!)
I've been hearing about this project for almost a year and am glad it's finally premiering.
B.T.dubs - The War Room is on YouTube in its entirety. Everyone should check it out. That and The Return of the War Room. #bythepeopletheelectionofbarack...
I wonder if Michelle taught her kids to play Dominos for the same reason my mom taught me: to learn my multiples of five. Fun, educational and you can play it at family BBQs. #bythepeopletheelectionofbarack...
I haven't watched the whole movie, so this is just based on the clips, but (a) I didn't see the culture clash between the (in herself quite awkward) Dickinson employee and the mom - parents sometimes cry when they leave their children at college, and she was just going into her spiel (in an awkward manner, no doubt), and (b) I didn't think it was the normal variety of obnoxious exoticism when the roommate touched Rocky's hair. I mean, they're roommates and clearly friendly as well. My roommates used to brush my hair, touch my face for random reasons, etc. Nothing like sharing a tiny dorm room with two other women for cultivating immediate intimacy.
As some one who's BARELY multi-racial, VERY fair-skinned (and who's well aware that hair has been addressed a million times here on Jez), WHY DO PEOPLE TOUCH YOUR HAIR!?! I think them assuming I'm totally white or Asian (hello, it's not only Asian people who have epi-canthic folds) makes them feel even MORE comfortable randomly touching my hair rather than some one who is more obviously "black". (It also makes them feel more comfortable asking why I don't flat-iron it or perm it straight, but that's a whole other bag).
I don't know, maybe they're really close friends- it seems that way, but it was still awkward and weird to watch. Or maybe I'm just being sensitive because a grown woman actually touched my hair without asking today. I've just never seen anyone do that to silky straight hair.
@PrisonBreakShaker: It happens... throughout my life I have ranged from red, to blonde, back to red, all natural. As a child traveling through Greece and Turkey, I was terrified, because strangers - children, women, men - would just begin stroking my hair. Then, I began working in Kenya on a regular basis, and I have found myself actually crying because sometimes people can tug so firmly on my hair trying to "touch" it.
I learned to tolerate, and somewhat even enjoy it - despite the clumps that would fall out when it would be braided - when I realized that it is just curiosity. Wanting to learn about something different from what you see in the mirror everyday is an all-senses experience.
@RoughHouser: Oh god. Don't get me started on blond and red-haired women I know working in Kenya and Senegal. Not only do some people want to touch it – others fear touching it because they think the women have had some horrible accident that made them that way.
One of the girls in my psych class this year is a princess from Nigeria (if I recall correctly)...I kinda want to ask her about it, but it might seem intrusive and creepy. Then again, SHE was the one who brought it up on the first day as one of her "fun facts".
I just loved this show last night. I learned so much from it and I have been doing Wiki stuff all day about Ghana and chiefs, and Dickinson college and so on.
Like my mom would say "It was just really neat!"
@CommodoreLane: Waaa, CTYers unite!! I went to the Dickinson campus 3 out of my 4 years attending. Around 1990-1994. Awesome!
Heh, and I just realized that if wilmawonker didn't go there for CTY, then she was likely in the ballerina camp (rinas!) or the soccer camp (soccer studs!).
It's crazy how this mirrors my experience, even though my family is from Nigeria. My mother and I are currently having major clashes because I'm about to graduate college and I'm ready to move to another state and find a job and she wants me to move back home because that's just what you do until you get married...which by the way I need to hurry up and do because I'm about to turn 23 which means I'm old by Nigerian marriage standards!
I identify soooo well with this that it's ridiculous...can't wait to watch the whole thing from beginning to end.
@AdleyClotho: Awwww. My college roommate was from Nigeria, and she faced similar issues too. In her case, she didn't move back home and went on to med school and residency. Now I'm feeling nostalgic and want to call her, but she's probably saving someone's life at the moment.
10/28/09
Yes, I realize he can afford it so why not? But the production value has struck me as strange since I saw the trailer. Hmmm...Now excuse me while I put on my tin-foil hat. #thisisit
10/28/09
Maybe it will shut up all the people still claiming that he was practically keeling over already and therefore Dr. Murray just gave him the final push. He may have been on drugs, but that doesn't mean that the doctor administering these drugs was at all in the right. In fact, what Murray did was illegal and fucked even if MJ was on his hands and knees begging for it. As a medical professional, he knew better.
But people believe what they want to believe. I choose to remember Michael in a positive light as an outstanding performer and artist, as well as someone who really tried to make a difference in the world but was thwarted by his fame and weirdness. #thisisit
10/28/09
Gotta say, that makes me cringe. #thisisit
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@Gumbina80: Yeah, the whole idea is really ropey - as it was back when the MJ statue in military attire was floated down the Thames. #thisisit
10/28/09
I may buy a ticket just for that song.
I was listing to the Best of the Jackson 5 yesterday. I'll be listening to their and his music for a long time.
I can't say the same for most of the pop stuff out now. Hell, most songs from last year sound dated. #thisisit
10/27/09
I've been hearing about this project for almost a year and am glad it's finally premiering.
B.T.dubs - The War Room is on YouTube in its entirety. Everyone should check it out. That and The Return of the War Room. #bythepeopletheelectionofbarack...
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I don't know, maybe they're really close friends- it seems that way, but it was still awkward and weird to watch. Or maybe I'm just being sensitive because a grown woman actually touched my hair without asking today. I've just never seen anyone do that to silky straight hair.
09/23/09
I learned to tolerate, and somewhat even enjoy it - despite the clumps that would fall out when it would be braided - when I realized that it is just curiosity. Wanting to learn about something different from what you see in the mirror everyday is an all-senses experience.
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Maybe it is her brother that keeps sending me e-mails about the money I have won, can you ask for me?
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Like my mom would say "It was just really neat!"
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Heh, and I just realized that if wilmawonker didn't go there for CTY, then she was likely in the ballerina camp (rinas!) or the soccer camp (soccer studs!).
09/23/09
I identify soooo well with this that it's ridiculous...can't wait to watch the whole thing from beginning to end.
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