September 8, 2008
MTV Video Music Awards SUCKED!
Yes, I admit, I got caught up in the hype surrounding the MTV Video Music Awards. Yes, there were a few interesting moments, but it mostly sucked.
Russell Brand - well, he'll never work in this town again. He seemed like an unrehearsed, third string bar comic with no jokes. They warned us - he's OUTRAGEOUS! Anything could happen! Bah. I'm sure he originally got a reputation for some drunken raving, but now that's he's sobered up, he's got no act. His running joke (and his ONLY joke) was based on "I'm a slut and the Jonas Brothers are virgins!" Okay, we got it. You're an overdressed toad that over compensates to make up for low self esteem. (Hello, Marilyn Manson!) Later in the show, it's obvious someone told him to apologize to Jonas Brothers, and the apology was really uncomfortable and forced.
Britney's cleaned up her act, too, but look at how it was done. I predict she's going to turn into a Jesus freak. She "won" three awards, (but they were just given to her to get her on stage three times), and she thanked "God" each time. They gave her nothing difficult to say or do, and she still "phoned it in". Just look at the deer-in-the-headlights photo. When you give the "proper" mood altering drugs to a manic depressive, they turn into a compliant zombie. Combine that with the 12 Step emphasis on a "higher power", and they've brainwashed her into submission.
In the opening number, the dancers came out looking like zombies from "Thriller", that escorted Rhianna on this rolling pyramid thing that looked like the villain robots in "Logan's Run".
The only good part of the show had nothing to do with the "talent", it had to do with the stage crew. Jonas Brothers did a little ballad sitting on a doorstep and lip syncing to some really lame song. I thought, "What is this? The Perry Como Show?" Squeaky clean boy band of brothers - is it the Osmonds? (Shhhh. Don't tell anyone, it IS the reincarnated Osmond Brothers!) But as the song picked up into a somewhat quote/unquote "rocking" song, the background disappeared to reveal them outdoors on a platform in the New York street scene at Paramount Studios, just as they opened the gates for a million screaming teeny boppers running to the stage from all directions caught on multiple cameras. Very exciting and clever, even though the song itself was forgettable.
Posted by lavenderlounge at 8:33 AM
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