Or so it would seem according to the "outrage" over a gesture one would think a parent would overlook considering how often the particular gesture is used in real life...such as on the playground, by siblings and a few parents!
Check this out: Heaven Forbid!
C'mon! Again I'll write that authority figures (parents, school officials and others close to children on a regular basis) are either going too far out of their way to "protect" kids from what they see every day, or tend to overreact when a kid behaves like a kid (such as a small little kiss on a girl's cheek which caused the young boy in question to face suspension from his First Grade class).
What is up with all of this "police state" mentality over a stupid, provocative, yet-in-the-overall-scheme-of-things extremely minor infraction by an already controversial music 'star.' Wow! M.I.A. showed the world her middle finger! My Gawd! Let's stone her in the town square and make Janet Jackson's once-famously exposed nipple the tattoo on M.I.A's forehead so that no one will ever forget that salacious Super Ho Moment!
Meh. Isn't this little dust-up Much Ado About Nothing? Is that the best post-game PR anyone can conjure to keep the non-athletic part of the event in the sidebar headlines? No. There's another set of quasi-bashings going on with Madonna's performance. Aside from obvious lip-syncing on 97% of her tunes, she walked-strutted with an unusual care in the now-must-wear-by-all-Divas 5 Mile High shoes. Or does her back hurt or something? Stiff might be the operative word, here.
Oh yes, I've read glowing comments on Facebook and in Comments sections around the Webs. Apparently many are impressed that at 50+ the Madge can still strut her Vadge. By how her arms are so well defined, why would anyone be surprised to find such new admiration of her physical prowl-ess-ness? Without a doubt she could lift Elton and David at the same time while reading David's most recent bitchy Twitterings over how she did not, never will, write a piece of music to compare to what Sir Elton can tinkle out in seconds on those Ebony's and Ivories (I know, wrong artist).
Nevertheless, Madonna has her fans and they won't say a word against her. Which is probably wise because something tells me she and Lucifer have a good thing going, which is why she's back to wearing those huge crosses around her neck to lead everyone astray. No more Bad Catholic Girl Against The Pope! She's smart enough to see what has happened to Sinead O'Connor after tearing the-then Pope's picture in half on the Telli-Vision.
Not only did Sinead slink back into Purgatory after that mess, but during her recent resurfacing, she married a guy, then said the marriage was over, then tweeted to her fans that she was in need of mental help, then reunited with her not-husband-husband, then..... Well, you get the scenario.
Back to the point: Parents, I'm writing to you now. Unless you completely cut your children off from watching TV, playing video games, talking with their peers, using the Internet, a cell phone, keep them away from walking past any sign or billboard or shop with advertised adult content, then I suggest you rethink your priorities on what and where to spend your parental ire.
Rather than scream around about an "obscene" gesture that most viewers didn't see, how about focusing on the lack of a decent education (unless your children are in special private schools where, of course, no one ever uses "the finger" against anyone nor says a disrespectful word to anyone) because public schools are underfunded, and teachers are desperately underpaid as well as under fire by politicians; or what the world will be like in a few more years for your children to live in when most of the bridges in the U.S. are crumbling and the world is changing on every level (from economics to the increasing pollution of the planet) to such an extent that bellowing about someone making an "obscene" gesture is Just. Plain. Petty.
I'd worry about whether or not my child can get a job in a few years or will end up living on the infamous Pacific-based Plastic Floating Island, because at the rate we use plastic and toss it away, many more islands of that nature will be banding together into the size of a small continent. In my mind, the "gesture" of the moment would be to teach your children how to create little plastic igloos to ensure survival.
You know, teach them something practical.
This "skank's" performance, was about as impressive
ReplyDeleteas her fake British accent. Stone M.I.A in the town square? Where does the line start??
What? You don't like pretentious Divas?
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