Tuesday, June 30, 2009

A special good night

I've been hearing from a coworker of mine who complains that with all that's going on in the world today, the thing the media is hung up on is Michael Jackson. It sounds reasonable enough on the surface, but given the source I wasn't too surprised to find out that it was a right-wing talking point. It's keeping the Iranian drive for democracy down? Whatever, I say. Apparently nothing good can happen in the world until all Americans clap their hands and say they believe.

As for MJ himself, it is sad, yes. But in a way it was a long time coming. The surgeries had increasingly made him look like the Jeff Koons sculpture of him. He took both his person and his music out of contact with the world. This may be necessary for the artist up to a point, but there's a point beyond that.

Anyway, on a brighter note, I tracked down my favorite skit from Monty Python's Flying Circus. With a Portuguese lesson, to boot!

Of course those priceless Cleese expressions transcend language.

2 comments:

susan said...

I had someone today who kept telling me what a strange person MJ was and asking me why he did this that and the other thing. I felt very much like saying 'Good niiiight, ding ding ding ding ding'.

Ben said...

I can just imagine the look they would have gotten on their faces had you unleashed that one.

Ah, the influence of the blogosphere.