On Jun 26, 4:18 pm, "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote:
I rarely find myself in agreement with Kevin on matters artistic and aesthetic, but in this case, I'm with him 100%. The disproportionate amount of ink spilled, airwaves hogged, and bandwidth wasted on Farrah and Michael is staggering, such that, if he and I had made the most inappropriate comments possible, it would be like fighting a tidal wave with a sheet of notebook paper. I wouldn't presume to speak for Kevin, but my own feelings are that I didn't give a rat's ass about either Fawcett or Jackson when they were alive, had no respect for their artistic output, and feel no compunction about trying to inject some balance into what I see as a fawning overload of "bloviation" about how iconic and vital they were to American culture. She was a mediocre actress who was on a poster 35 years ago. He was a skilled singer and dancer within a very limited range who does not seem to have had influence on popular music since, say, 1990. Sorry if that offends anyone. --Dave Sikula > So, in direct response to your most recent post, if you want to "be > sad for one frickin' day," go ahead. Nobody is stopping you. But I > refuse to let your sadness interfere with the business of living, and > I resent that your sadness takes precedence over legitimate news > stories. And, since this message board deals with the media and > people's reactions to/perceptions of it, my thoughts on the deaths of > two people are at least as valid as yours. So how about you respect my > feelings, be they happy or unhappy, grumpy or ungrumpy, you know? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
