Alright. I will speak on Sir Paul McCartney a little bit. I’m sorry he is getting divorced. It’s a shame that his relationship has come to an end. It’s insulting that the media may have played any part in this. And I must say that there is no way that the current Mrs. McCartney deserves the estimated $250 million, that it is rumored she may receive. I’m not sorry, but she did nothing to justify the such a gift. Yes I do believe that a woman, with no career or one that was given up to raise children deserves support. I do believe strongly that children of divorced parents deserve to be taken care of, as a matter of fact I think its an obligation due them. But there is a far cry between being supported and taken care of and 1/4 of a billion dollars. At this amount the former Beatles missus will have made $50 million/year that she was married. That’s ridiculous. There is no argument that I can imagine that anyone can make to justify that much money. Especially since it’s his money, made from the efforts he made long before she ever knew him. And there is no question she can live extraordinarily well without receiving that much.
In other news the death of the UPN is proceeding nicely. Several shows have made the cut, in particular is the television show Everyone Hates Chris. I’m glad the program from Mr. Chris Rock is going to continue. OF course I am not happy to learn that Mr. Leslie Moonves felt the need to intervene in the casting of the show. Nor the fact that Mr. Rock had to appease advertisers with the notion that white females were being added to the program. It implies that advertisers are uncomfortable with a program that is predominantly lead by African American and other minority actors. Especially when they are aware that this program is part of a block of televison shows (all heavily filled with minorities) targeted to minority viewers.
It annoys me that advertisers influence and reinforce the lack of diversity that fills the airwaves (when considered in total). The only thing I find worse is the way that many commercials pander and insultingly adopt sub-cultural themes to sell to Black African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities. If you’d like an example, watch McDonald’s commercials. When you see one that is targeting Black viewers, you’ll know it. It won’t be because everyone in the commercial will be Black African American or Hispanic. Listen to the music, the dress attire, the attitudes of the actors, the patterns of speech and what is the overall statement of the commercial. I’ve noticed that those commercial tend to focus on how little money it takes to purchase the fast food, and how stylish it is. But these are my observations. Perhaps I’m wrong, or I’ve seen too few McDonald’s commercials. But you can see other thoughts on television commercial in previous posts here.
But most annoying to me is a recent incident in England. No not with a rapper or an airport (for once) but with Ms. Halle Berry and Mr. Hugh Jackman. In promoting the upcoming X-Men 3 movie [which I am looking forward to - got to love Juggernaught] in England, Ms. Berry and Mr. Jackman were on a radio program. The potential of Mr. Jackman becoming a James Bond caused the unexpected response of the radio DJ to assume a ‘Brooklyn’ accent and his further clarification that he was a “big, fat, black guy”. What the Hell is that. Ms. Berry took him on over this, politely, and the DJ described her as being grumpy. Screw this guy. What does the portrayal of a bad guy for Bond have to do with Brooklyn or a black guy? I’ve seen every Bond movie and rarely has there been a key Black villain, and never one that was fat or from Brooklyn. What was that DJ thinking. I understand Ms. Berry’s professionalism, but I don’t think in the same situation I’d have been as calm, nor would I continue to speak to this jerk. It may not be racism, but its close enough. It is insensitive and rude. And the DJ should be taken to task over the matter. Were I either Ms. Berry or Mr. Jackman, I’d insist on an apology, on air. If it were an American DJ, on American radio, there would be huge cries from the ‘stuffy, stiff upper lipped’ British if an equally negative and stereotypical comment were made.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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