Comments on: You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide

By: RomeGirl

RomeGirl — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:26:55 +0000

@Jamie Sommers: Janet seemed to me like the only one who wasn't like, holy shit I'm on stage. OBVIOUSLY this was mixed in with absolutely unthinkable horror and grief on their part, but I couldn't help but see little glimpses of it. I just can't get the daughter out of my mind. She should not have been made to share her grief like that. @FlyingChainSaw: Sigh. They REALLY need a coup over there. I also can't seem to shake the feeling of being DIRTY. I just felt dirty after watching it.

By: Jamie Sommers

Jamie Sommers — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:24:44 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Oh my. That poor little girl. How heartbreaking. I must say, though. Watching the protective way Janet stroked the girl's hair, hugged her and took her offstage when she started to cry made me love Aunt Janet more.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:18:05 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Thanks for that. I totally did not watch the funeral because I was honestly doing other things that I found far more interesting. Like going to see Monet paintings at the museum (I'm cleared by the doc to go back to the routine work/etc. tomorrow).

By: SanFranLefty

SanFranLefty — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:59:00 +0000

Richard Lawson from Defamer has the summary of most fucked up moments from the memorial service.

By: Dodgerblue

Dodgerblue — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:31:51 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Update from the L.A. Fishwrap:

As the crowd outside Staples Center was losing some of its energy, and spontaneous outbursts of Michael Jackson’s songs grew less frequent, street vendors were becoming more aggressive. Nearly every five yards, someone was yelling, “Soda! Soda!” “Hot dogs! Hot dogs!” “Michael Jackson shirts!” “Get your button here!” with a decidedly aggressive, and increasingly desperate inflection.

The crowd of millions that sellers were geared up for never materialized, but the vendors were trying to make the best of it. Prices were sinking along with the hopes of the vendors. Some people were taking advantage of plummeting prices, snapping up two T-shirts instead of one.

One ice cream vendor pushed his cart along with one hand, the other grasping a wilting bunch of roses.

By: Dodgerblue

Dodgerblue — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:23:20 +0000

@SanFranLefty: Supposedly, LA's finest were keeping a perimeter around the Staples area and only letting through people who had tickets. Parking for Staples is do-able for, say, a Lakers game, but where the other million or so nutjobs are going to park is beyond me. I have a friend who was at UCLA on business when MJ was taken to the hospital; she got caught in the crush of news trucks etc. She lives near the cemetary where the service was this AM and so got to hear the 20 or so helicopters overhead this morning. She is not amused.

By: FlyingChainSaw

FlyingChainSaw — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:10:10 +0000

@RomeGirl:

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090707-712315.html

By: FlyingChainSaw

FlyingChainSaw — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:09:35 +0000

I have a dollar for anyone here who manages to take a shit on MJ’s fresh grave in front of the TV cameras.

By: blogenfreude

blogenfreude — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:58:33 +0000

@RomeGirl: Had not read that when I commented. @chicago bureau: Something horrifying came to me that other day- Nancy Reagan is still alive. When she goes, it's going to be that St. Ronnie crap all over again writ slightly smaller. Gag.

By: nojo

nojo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:58:20 +0000

@RomeGirl: Since I’m not watching…

Has he actually been buried yet? Is there a “private” (except for a dozen helicopters) graveside service?

But yes, this memorial is all about celebrating everyone’s self-interest. No reason to put the kids through it.