tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post1080901410777213902..comments2024-03-12T10:12:46.113-05:00Comments on Genma Speaks: AEG Teaches BET "How to be an Entertainment Company" 101Genmaspeakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721332536244226641noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-52580791077233202412009-07-12T20:45:01.196-05:002009-07-12T20:45:01.196-05:00I did not finish watching the BET awards. I think ...I did not finish watching the BET awards. I think you put into words my reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-81536885424705956072009-07-12T19:13:54.332-05:002009-07-12T19:13:54.332-05:00Excellent post, you really captured the difference...Excellent post, you really captured the differences between these two services. I only caught the BET one in bits and pieces but it was enough to say no thanks...<br /><br />The AEG one was amazing and so tasteful and yes free of folks trying to promote themselves and really captured how MJ was a cultural icon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-48274173422896053472009-07-12T19:05:17.072-05:002009-07-12T19:05:17.072-05:00I noticed the yellow ties and how they stood out. ...I noticed the yellow ties and how they stood out. I have been a pall bearer at many funerals for people I knew from visiting in the hospitals and nursing homes here. The situation is much different when its your mother and father or close relative.<br /><br />I don't know how MJs brothers did that. <br /><br />The contrast you point out here between AEG and BET seems like the difference between serious news reporters in professional organizations like Reuters and those who have become complacent and assuming like local newspapers who think they have a monopoly on the area news.<br /><br />Complacent organizations lose initiative and innovation and eventually blow away like chaff.Charles Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10131219058257217115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-38018040255515797242009-07-12T09:55:30.298-05:002009-07-12T09:55:30.298-05:00Beautifully said.Beautifully said.Daña Alderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259728633855794713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-81992849869499154922009-07-12T09:42:57.783-05:002009-07-12T09:42:57.783-05:00Genma, great blog. You are highlighting what black...Genma, great blog. You are highlighting what blacks should know, so good for you. BET is nothing more than propaganda for BET to sell itself. A pandering organization that tells blacks what we want to hear, at least some. BET would do well to balance the black points of view, but they won't. Pandering sells. And ignorance is bliss.<br /><br />Maybe one of these days we will talk again?The Black Spherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817264927816156130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-37931898302217633532009-07-12T07:52:44.410-05:002009-07-12T07:52:44.410-05:00Great commentary bolstered by your powerful compar...Great commentary bolstered by your powerful comparison of how these two media giants handled tributes to Michael Jackson. As you pointed out the differences between the two were clear from beginning to end. It's disgraceful that BET seemed only interested in expanding their audience and placed little regard on how their efforts would be viewed. With all eyes watching, BET partipants sang songs with explicit lyrics, reveled in dirty dancing, and wore revealing clothes that embarrassed much of the black community. The MJ situation is committed to history now, but the outrage expressed on media outlets such as Twitter and FB may make the media "think" more deeply about their offerings. We can only hope that's the case anyway...<br /><br />Thanks for sharing...Cheri Paris Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745077028326230312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195576014489760555.post-86236979588935845212009-07-12T07:44:45.833-05:002009-07-12T07:44:45.833-05:00You said a mouthful!! I appreciate AEG for the cl...You said a mouthful!! I appreciate AEG for the classy, touching tribute to Michael. It showed him as a person, not just an icon.<br /><br />BET must have collaborated with the memorial in Gary, IN. It was pitiful, too...and didn't HAVE to be, in spite of low budget. Guess who came? Joe Jackson and Marshall from the Chi-lites! What made it good were a few dancers and groups, Deneice Williams and Kellee Patterson (also from Gary). Fred Williamson (from the Blaxploitation films of the 70's)was there...why, I'll never know. Jesse Jackson gave a predictable speech, starting with, "I AM, Somebody", and ending with "Keep hope alive!". Da Mayor of Gary said that MJ was shopping in heaven's shoe store for shoes to moonwalk down the golden streets in. Wow...one maestrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097713601733243019noreply@blogger.com