Chromatislaps 34,840 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I was thinking, the same evening there was this MJ tribute act with Janet Jackson and MJ's life has always been in the spotlight and been followed by paparazzi. I wasn't a big stan of Gaga back then, but in a way the Paparazzi performance at the VMAs seemed like a reflection of MJ's life:how he got plagued by paparazzi and him trying to make a comeback with This Is It. It just blew my mind seeing the Paparazzi performance in that context Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOTNebraskaGuy 19,547 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I think it's more general to any major star... One, five, ten lay a million on me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastertoyo 22,728 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I will never understand how that performance never got any backlash from being the year the MJ tribute also happened. I'm not saying i want there to be backlash but It just feels weird that no one felt anything about her talking about dying celebrities and literally "dying" and bleeding on stage the same night they had a tribute for (arguably) (?) THE most famous entertainer ever... please enlighten me to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panchecco 17,606 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 I always felt it was more inspired by Lady Diana but yeah, it represent the medias obsession over celebrities and their deaths so Michael could have inspired it as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatislaps 34,840 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, Blastertoyo said: I will never understand how that performance never got any backlash from being the year the MJ tribute also happened. I'm not saying i want there to be backlash but It just feels weird that no one felt anything about her talking about dying celebrities and literally "dying" and bleeding on stage the same night they had a tribute for (arguably) (?) THE most famous entertainer ever... My thoughts exactly. but she was the IT girl back then, only later during the Alejandro/early BTW era we began to see backlash growing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miel 15,009 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 It was probably inspired by the unfortunate narrative of media sensationalism following celebrities, occasionally proving fatal. MJ definitely fit into that, but I think that's more general than anything. As @Panchecco mentioned, I get a lot more Princess Diana "murdered by the media and the Royal Family conspiracy theory" teas. 3 points in and ready for more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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