Tuesday, September 09, 2003
JUDY GARLAND PART II
Here's my last thought on that show I saw Sunday night: Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. were stars of their era. And that meant they had they songs played on the radio, they performed many live shows everywhere from Las Vegas to New York, and were in multiple movies. That was the type of stars that generation had.
So why don't we have stars like that in our generation today? Let's face it, we have people who try to be those type of three-dimentional stars, but they all fail. Can you imagine putting Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey or even Will Smith or Ice Cube or Eminem in the esteemed company of Garland, Sinatra and friends? No way.
I've decided our values for entertainment have changed. We have so much media coverage now that people don't have to do multiple things to become stars. Shoot, even bands with one hit wonders are considered celebrities nowadays.
Just goes to show that Hollywood is an ever-changing place.
Here's my last thought on that show I saw Sunday night: Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. were stars of their era. And that meant they had they songs played on the radio, they performed many live shows everywhere from Las Vegas to New York, and were in multiple movies. That was the type of stars that generation had.
So why don't we have stars like that in our generation today? Let's face it, we have people who try to be those type of three-dimentional stars, but they all fail. Can you imagine putting Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey or even Will Smith or Ice Cube or Eminem in the esteemed company of Garland, Sinatra and friends? No way.
I've decided our values for entertainment have changed. We have so much media coverage now that people don't have to do multiple things to become stars. Shoot, even bands with one hit wonders are considered celebrities nowadays.
Just goes to show that Hollywood is an ever-changing place.
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