MTV's VMA Awards was NALGATUDES over substance
So, back from vacation, and our first family TV appointment was the VMA awards. WHY? Just...why? I mean COME ON, we haven't even upacked, We JUST got our Chinese food, and now I have to "parental guidance" my way through the evening so that girls can see their favorite artists? THIS IS EXHAUSTING. For the record I wanted to catch up on She-HULK. I may be showing my age, butt and the MTV VMAs was ass. Figuratively, yes (because it was terrible), but also literally, it was just a bunch of asses on stage. Felt like I was watching a mating documentary or something. All the music genres seemed to have gotten the memo that there was a cheeky requirement for last night's performances. There was a very obvious equation on display here: The need to shock to stay relevant, minus any real talent, plus the lack of courage to actually speak to anything original or important like racism, facism, the environment (with the appreciated exception of RHCP's FLEA), war, pover
