Piers Morgan; 'Lemonade' smacks of Shameless Exploitation'!

[Varo Yan 2,984]

Piers Morgan on Beyonce's 'Lemonade': "It Smacks of Shameless Exploitation"

"I preferred the old Beyoncé. ... The one who didn’t use grieving mothers to shift records and further fill her already massively enriched purse," Morgan writes in an op-ed for the Daily Mail.

Days after Beyonce premiered her politically charged HBO special Lemonade, Piers Morgan's latest controversial column targets the singer's recent transition from musician to "militant activist." In an essay for the Daily Mail, titled "Jay-Z’s not the only one who needs to be nervous about Beyonce, the born-again-black woman with a political mission," Morgan recalls interviewing Beyonce at President Barack Obama's inaugural ball in 2008 and meeting a "bright, warm, funny, sharp" star "at pains to be seen as an entertainer and musician and not as a black woman who sings."

He remembers the singer, when asked if she ever experienced racism in her childhood, saying, "I feel like with my career I’ve now broken barriers. I don’t think people think about my race. ... It’s not about color and race, and I’m happy that’s changing." "Now, it seems to be the complete opposite," Morgan writes. "The new Beyonce wants to be seen as a black woman political activist first and foremost, entertainer and musician second." He cites her recent music video for "Formation," which contained references of the Black Lives Matter movement, and her Super Bowl 50 halftime performance, which alluded to the Black Panthers.

Morgan questions Beyonce's intentions for showing the grieving mothers of Mike Brown and Trayvon Martin in her video for "Lemonade," contending that both women were exploited to promote her album. "I have huge personal sympathy for both women and there is no doubt that African-Americans have been treated appallingly by certain rogue elements within the country’s police forces," he writes. "But I felt very uneasy watching these women being used in this way to sell an album. It smacks of shameless exploitation."

 via Hollywood Reporter

I'm  agree with Morgan, Be's new album is bad, it's another sh*t for me like Ri, it's horrible mess with no harmony, only plus is black feminism, but she is not first and only one, her music is boring, bad and lyrics - poor...

[kill me, but I've right to say my opinion from room in my heart]

 

[bayonse 6,525]

trash 

[Yanko 9,860]

oh this guy again  

 

does he have a ggd account? 

[Red 97,978]

She is just talking about her reality, she is not exploiting anyone

[PartySick 159,822]

8 minutes ago, Varo Yan said:

He remembers the singer, when asked if she ever experienced racism in her childhood, saying, "I feel like with my career I’ve now broken barriers. I don’t think people think about my race. ... It’s not about color and race, and I’m happy that’s changing." "Now, it seems to be the complete opposite," Morgan writes. "The new Beyonce wants to be seen as a black woman political activist first and foremost, entertainer and musician second." He cites her recent music video for "Formation," which contained references of the Black Lives Matter movement, and her Super Bowl 50 halftime performance, which alluded to the Black Panthers.

I get what he's saying here but I don't see how it's a problem?  artists should have something to fight for and something they openly believe in.

[LaMaisonGaga 23,884]

The only thing that smacks something in here is the OP's grammar and calling other people's work ****

[Dominic 11,922]

7 minutes ago, Yanko said:

oh this guy again  

 

does he have a ggd account? 

He should get one,  just to make people seethe 

[Sexxx 5,623]

He's practically writing what every ignorant white gay/fan is thinking 

[TheBatman 951]

Wow what a shocker from that woman hater. He goes IN on Madonna too, to disgusting lengths. Whatever. B slayed with this album, gonna take me quite a while to unpack everything in that masterpiece. 

[Edonis 28,950]

Music aside, her message and the way the message was brought to light isn't exploitation. She spoke up on issues that affect her and people she knows. 

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

22 minutes ago, Sexxx said:

He's practically writing what every ignorant white gay/fan is thinking 

I didn't read the word ignorant 

You really shouldn't make it a "race" thing though

[URFUTUREFAV 1,292]

43 minutes ago, ARTPOPthatbooty said:

The only thing that smacks something in here is the OP's grammar and calling other people's work ****

THIS like guuuuuurl.. I mean....

 

[Hola Soraya 4,355]

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[Iwontell 7,312]

Well, he's bashing her for the same reason the Huffington Post was praising her after the supebowl...ppl have different opinions and that's ok...besides, Piers bashing successful women is like the sky being blue, what else did you expect?

About Bey - and I know I might get a ton of **** for saying this -, I do think she's a feminist and that she cares about racial issues, but, parallel to that, building her image around these issues is kind of self-serving, yes, and she knows it makes her immune to criticism (bc the moment you open your mouth to say anything that's not "Oh, pls, Queen Beyoncé, drop another pearrrl of wisdom on to your humble serrrrvants", you get called racist, sexist, whatevs)...but this doesn't really bother me. What truly annoys me is how conceited she's coming across...and it's an arrogance that spreads to (and through) her fans as well...that sucks a bit.

Anyway, this is the last time I talk about Lemonade or Bey this week...cuz it's waaaay too much already. I love the album, but I hate being bombarded over and over again with the same subject...

[Pop 4,541]

he sounds like an upset Becky because his white privilege is put in question