tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post7212880389684971073..comments2023-10-31T09:46:47.703-04:00Comments on The Desultory Life & Times of a Public Citizen: On the Largest stage in America, Black Folks still look so smallCitizen Ojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-31569058646223763582009-07-13T17:18:57.802-04:002009-07-13T17:18:57.802-04:00Bougie Applebum - Thanks for stopping by. You aren...Bougie Applebum - Thanks for stopping by. You aren't late at all. I thought I was the only person that didn't watch BET. We should form our own club...Citizen Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-15487587967816357702009-07-11T20:19:35.039-04:002009-07-11T20:19:35.039-04:00I know I'm late to the party. Guess I must be...I know I'm late to the party. Guess I must be on CP Time. But I totally agree with this post. I didn't watch the awards - in fact - I never watch BET. You hit all of the necessary angles on this one. Couldn't have said it better myself.<br /><br />And I especially love this part - Why do we have to make things “hip and urban” in order for it to be deemed a “real black affair”.<br /><br />If only I had a penny for every time I asked that question.Bougie Applebumhttp://www.bougieapplebum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-60693407328516706732009-07-04T23:00:42.516-04:002009-07-04T23:00:42.516-04:00It was a sweltering, festering, ashen, muttering s...It was a sweltering, festering, ashen, muttering shamble. I'm being nice. I actually had hopes of something better. It's kind of like the family crackhead. You clean them up for the funeral but they crack and can't handle the pressure. So they go and do what they are comfortable doing, getting high acting up. Come time for the funeral, you have "family" and "guest" in the procession. Lo and behold, what do you see? The crackhead family member out in the middle of the street making a huge spectacle of him/herself doing the cracked up version moonwalk!<br />I expected too much from the family f-up!Kiss my black adshttp://kissmyblackads.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-7380687176090071662009-07-04T20:34:02.017-04:002009-07-04T20:34:02.017-04:00KST - You are correct. When I was in Europe people...KST - You are correct. When I was in Europe people would ask me if I knew Snoop Dogg. What?! Yeah we need to take over our image immediately. This is a national emergency!!!!Citizen Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-80737667988054104142009-07-04T09:31:10.166-04:002009-07-04T09:31:10.166-04:00Citizen Ojo: I agree that the show was a H.A.M. Th...Citizen Ojo: I agree that the show was a H.A.M. There were some okay moments as others have pointed out.<br />Re: 1 <br />He made jokes, but he was advising folks to get tested.<br /><br />Re: 4 I couldn't watch or listen. This idiotic triflin' song is played over and over on radio stations, and it makes me sick. That Drake (although cute) is seen as the second coming in Hip Hop today is beyond sad. As the the mother of a little girl, I wanted to slap every single parent that allowed their little girls to be pimped on that stage.<br /><br />You are so right about the image that we portray to the world. When I was in London, I became friends with a Swedish guy. He and his friends asked me about Michael Jackson (good) and The Maury Povitch (not good) show. Yes, I gave them the quick and quick and dirty black studies 101 lesson, but damn. I've met people from all over the world (Africa, Europe, Middle East, Canada) and they all have visions of the coonery displayed on BET and MTV dancing in their heads.<br /><br />We've basically taken a televised crap on the world stage. Although it may be entertaining for others to watch, it has done nothing to elevate our standing in the world.KSThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02594832284191260116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-35605394316139871612009-07-03T22:19:27.926-04:002009-07-03T22:19:27.926-04:00I didn't watch either (thank God), but I got t...I didn't watch either (thank God), but I got the same report you got. From all accounts, all accounts from people with relatively good sense, this show was the very height of coonery. <br /><br />I certainly thought that by MJ being black and BET being presumably a black network, that they would produce a quality, dignified show worthy of the occassion. But as you said, they fell back on what they know best and put on perhaps the best minstrel show on record. And that Lil Wayne thing with the teens in back was completely unacceptable. Didn't anyone figure that out in rehearsals?<br /><br />But in the words of that great black poet, my grandmother, we'll just pray for them.Max Reddickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360630810931410487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-65400799117897827962009-07-03T18:27:55.952-04:002009-07-03T18:27:55.952-04:00Ugly Black John- Well keep searching Sir, keep sea...Ugly Black John- Well keep searching Sir, keep searchingCitizen Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-53035313449904358152009-07-03T18:03:53.405-04:002009-07-03T18:03:53.405-04:00The odd thing was - this was the most "class&...The odd thing was - this was the most "class" shown on BET in years.<br /><br />"Honor" seems to be the missing element of today's Black American culture.<br />In fact, I've been searching for it for years.uglyblackjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14404995571276457138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-52786715542680450912009-07-03T17:35:39.093-04:002009-07-03T17:35:39.093-04:00Uppity - I was on vacation but foolishness wouldn&...Uppity - I was on vacation but foolishness wouldn't let me rest.Citizen Ojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07001825524756033450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7914710637340292931.post-19522354790708028642009-07-03T17:29:53.869-04:002009-07-03T17:29:53.869-04:00Thought u were still on vacation...
But, yeah, th...Thought u were still on vacation...<br /><br />But, yeah, those were the main issues most everyone had with the show. In addition to the fact that people like Don Cornelius had lit up with Eddie before the show, combined with the fact that the teleprompter was soooo friggin far away.<br /><br />BET woulda been better doing a strong five minute tribute, and still brought Janet, but save a REAL tribute for sometime later when they can really prepare for it. The ad hoc tributes off on the side of the stage were absolutely atrocious. The only classy moment was Janet Jackson and Jamie and Ne-Yo's final MJ song.<br /><br />As for I Wanna Fuck Every Girl in the World--that's got to be the epitome of EPIC FAIL. Aside from the fact that the sensors woke up after Eddie Levert let his bomb slip, half the song was bleeped out for TV viewers and it totally knocked out any piece of the musical value of the song because CLEARLY it was not in the lyrics. Apparently his own daughter was out there as well.<br /><br />Seriously, how could Debra Lee, as a WOMAN, let alone a black woman stomach that....Jesus we have a problem.the uppity negrohttp://uppitynegronetwork.comnoreply@blogger.com