MTV Awards
Posted: August 30th, 2004, 12:48 pm
Last night I watched the MTV Awards on television. We rolled our little six foot red carpet out and I watched the lavish proceedings with my eleven year old pop music consultant, 'Lisha Pepsicola. She filled me in on pertintent facts like who this or that perfect plastic little girl was and who was going with whom and who had been going with whom last season. She's a little consumer queen and she knows the names of all the CD's. She is my consultant because after all the MTV Awards represent the pinnacle of consumerism. MTV runs commercials for CD's and recording stars as it's primary programing.
It was a spectacular even with some of the best staging that I have seen at an awards show. From P-Diddy's arrival standing on the bow of a 40 foot pristine white yacht dressed in a white suit, to the Busby Berkley set direction, to Christina Aguilara's terrific song and dance number, it was great entertainment.
And as a tribute to how intermarried the political and the commercial entertainment industries are, we had an appearance by The Bush Twins and the Kerry Sisters, Both duets got about an equal share of boos and yeas, but for the most part the well heeled audience was there for music and glamor and looked annoyed by that little exercise in equal time. It is hard to tell from the mic feeds in a show like that on television what the crowd sounds like, but I sure didn't observe that the Kerry Sisters came anywhere close to being booed off the stage as Matt Drudge implied in his "Developing..." story that went online before the show was over.
What is your take on the subject of music awards and this years MTV Awards in particular?
It was a spectacular even with some of the best staging that I have seen at an awards show. From P-Diddy's arrival standing on the bow of a 40 foot pristine white yacht dressed in a white suit, to the Busby Berkley set direction, to Christina Aguilara's terrific song and dance number, it was great entertainment.
And as a tribute to how intermarried the political and the commercial entertainment industries are, we had an appearance by The Bush Twins and the Kerry Sisters, Both duets got about an equal share of boos and yeas, but for the most part the well heeled audience was there for music and glamor and looked annoyed by that little exercise in equal time. It is hard to tell from the mic feeds in a show like that on television what the crowd sounds like, but I sure didn't observe that the Kerry Sisters came anywhere close to being booed off the stage as Matt Drudge implied in his "Developing..." story that went online before the show was over.
What is your take on the subject of music awards and this years MTV Awards in particular?