The show sucked. It was not thematic. They were showcasing their own dubious talent and pursuing their own agendas. If they thought they were trying to help, it was a gross perversion of the word.
Why would you get angry at them? You don't think it's a good cause? Donating their time in very short notice to raise millions of dollars for the victims?
They were there because their regular concerts were cancelled out of fear, safety, or respect.
If the public reaction is any guage, I would guess that the grand total raised was $12.36, after expenses, of course.
The didn't have time to get their phonied-up glitz together. It didn't remind me of anything so much as it did those photo spreads of starlets without makeup. You know, the ones than make you involuntarily shriek in horror.
The worst thing was, their hearts really weren't in it. It needed a focus they could readily identify with. For example, if it had been a benefit to raise money for all AIDs victims, lesbians, and gays who died in the conflagration (they're still getting the numbers together), they would have been much more effecitve.
Well, I guess that is one way to look at the situation. Another way is to believe that they do mean to do good. Just maybe they do feel for the victims. Maybe they do have compassion. Maybe they did shed tears in this tragedy. Maybe they were affected like most of America in this terrible act of terrorism. Of course thinking like this means we have faith in our fellow Americans. I think this tragedy has pulled Americans together, and yet on this thread I see people pushing our fellow Americans AWAY because most those entertainers are "liberal", they assume that they must be up to no good.
I've put my political biases aside ever since this tragedy. We need to concentrate on helping the victims, just what these entertainers were doing. And yet many here criticise them for it! That is what I find unbelievable and very sad!