Friday, 10 July 2009
Marina Hyde: A big week in the death of Jacko
The last word, I'd suggest, on the demise of the King of Pop. (If only...)
By now you will have watched your recording of the Staples Centre memorial at least seven times, amazed how much it still gets you when Janet rasps, "Speak up sweetheart, speak up," into poor little Paris's ear. As for Magic Johnson's eulogy, you will likely be wondering whether KFC got that many mentions at the funeral of Colonel Sanders. Please God he was on commission.
Amusingly, the Jackson memorial garnered rave reviews in the US, even though it was so hammy that it made Princess Di's funeral look like Gielgud's Hamlet. It comes to something when Tony Blair quavering out that passage from Corinthians would have raised the tone.
Needless to say, the general consensus was that it was "what Michael would have wanted", as though indulging his appetites had been a recipe for success thus far...
Labels: Entertainment, Idiotarians
