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Popular Culture |
1 September 2003
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MTV VMA Show -- Digital's Killed the Video Star
Another MTV Video Music Awards show came and went last week at Radio City Music Hall in New York. There was THE KISS between Madonna and Britney Spears (not quite as interesting as the one between Don Corleone and his brother 'Fredo) and a few good performances by Mary J. Blige, Good Charlotte and Metallica. What summed the night up, though, was the presentation of Duran Duran's lifetime achievement award, during which the sound didn't work and Kelly Osbourne demanded that the crowd stand-up when they were confused about what was going on. The golden age of the video is long gone. For more, click here.
Young Director Almost Banned from Own Film
Age limits on the young are perhaps the biggest injustice that mankind shall never address. Age brings wisdom only to those with the capacity for possessing it in the first place -- a fool doesn't improve with age. But when the bureaucrats who run the Venice film festival tried to prevent 14-year-old Hana Makhmalbaf of Iran from seeing a film due to her youth, they eventually had to relent because the young lady had directed it. At least, they had the sense not to enforce stupidity. Click here to read on.