Posted on 08/31/2004 1:20:15 AM PDT by Lorianne
From the moment the Kerry sisters walked out on stage at MTV’s Video Music Awards, you just knew it wasn’t going to end well.
Did you watch this train wreck the other night?
First off, the show stunk. No juice. Usually, there’s a ton of wild antics. This time, nothing. No lesbian kissing, no accidental nudity, no storming the stage.
It was as if the entire entertainment industry took three too many Valium before the show. That is, until the Kerry sisters -- Alexandra and Vanessa -- took the stage.
You know how the rock n’ rap vote is already in the bag for John Kerry? Well, not so fast.
There were plenty of boos when the Kerry sisters were introduced. The duo could’ve saved the bit by ripping off their tops to reveal nothing but pasties, but instead, they started talking. Big mistake. They were going onabout how it’s so important to vote and blah-dee-blah-dee-blah-dee-dah.
Look -- I’m not an idiot (usually). If I, or any other MTV viewer, wants to vote, we’ll vote on our own, not because a pair of horse-faced (yes, horse-faced -- you appear on MTV, you’re fair game) rich twits tell me too.
As if this intrusion into my living room wasn’t enough, next up were the Bush twins, who pre-recorded their part, also about the importance of the voting process.
You ever see one of thosehostage videos where the hostage smiles into the camera and says everything’s all right, but you can make out the shadow of the machine gun held to the guy’s head right out of camera range?
Yeah, well, that was the Bush twins.
Barbara was looking a little Mary-Kate’ish, a little drawn out and doe-eyed. Her sister Jenna, on the other hand, was all happy and Texas-drawly and, dare I say, looking like she had 12 good minutes left before she decided it was time to marry an oil man, get fat, and live on a diet of Virginia Slims, Diet Pepsi, and mother’s little helpers.
From there, it was back to a live shot of the Kerry sisters. And this is where the wheels completely fell off.
The crowd was restless -- and can you blame them? They came to party, not listen to these four women browbeat them into voting. And then the unimaginable happened.
Alexandra ‘shhhhh’ed’ the audience.
You know who you ‘shhhhh?’
You ‘shhhhh’ a kindergarten class. You ‘shhhhh’ a crying baby. You ‘shhhhh’ your half-deaf grandmother in a movie theater.
You don’t ‘shhhhh’ an audience.
As if this weren’t enough, she followed up her impromptu ‘shhhhh’ with the following gem: "This is important."
I nearly threw my remote at the TV. What a ... well, let’s just say the word I’m looking for comes from the Old English word, "bicce."
You figure it out.
Mercifully, the segment ended, with MTV personality Carson Daly intoning, "Let’s move on."
Yes. Let’s. Whatever happened to Amy Carter, anyway? She seemed much cooler.
Finally, somebody who saw what I saw.
Thanks.
Brilliant observations. I think to the average young person, a Public Service Announcement telling them to vote probably has the same effect as a Public Service Announcement telling them to brush their teeth.
Keep politics out of MTV and MTV out of politics. Knock off all the idiotic rock the vote commercials and send Springsteen back to his multimillion dollar mansion in Jersey.
My 16 year old daughter was telling me about this last night. She said Kerry's daughters were talking down to the audience. She definately was not impressed.
It's a family trait. The more exposure these people get, the better.
Could we have a link to this, please?
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=12813972&BRD=1697&PAG=461&dept_id=44551&rfi=6
Oops, sorry.
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