Whitney's bittersweet song
At the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, Whitney had one
last amazing performance left. As she serenaded herself out of her
childhood church, her lyrics described her time with us. And as the last
of the physical Whitney was carried out, the eternal Whitney carried
on: "Bittersweet memories that is all I'm taking with me." It is also
what she left behind for us to resolve.
Whitney's life and unexplained death is another chance to consider how we create celebrity but bring it down, flaw by flaw. We applaud as they play dress-up and then strip-search their character, analysing every flaw while still consuming the talent.
Whitney resurfaces the battle between the way media and round-the-clock information broadcast create celebrity and the consequences when all that glitters is not gold. In the hands of bandwidth, celebrity can quickly turn to notoriety. On the one hand Whitney permits us to reconsider what has to be said and what is better left alone. On the other hand no one owns the responsibility for that judgment and if news travels fast, bad news has greater momentum.
In Whitney's life and death, there are remaining comparisons, local analogies and moments for introspection. Whitney's artistic success came out of a world where quality was gauged by record and ticket sales and earnings.
Whitney's life and unexplained death is another chance to consider how we create celebrity but bring it down, flaw by flaw. We applaud as they play dress-up and then strip-search their character, analysing every flaw while still consuming the talent.
Whitney resurfaces the battle between the way media and round-the-clock information broadcast create celebrity and the consequences when all that glitters is not gold. In the hands of bandwidth, celebrity can quickly turn to notoriety. On the one hand Whitney permits us to reconsider what has to be said and what is better left alone. On the other hand no one owns the responsibility for that judgment and if news travels fast, bad news has greater momentum.
In Whitney's life and death, there are remaining comparisons, local analogies and moments for introspection. Whitney's artistic success came out of a world where quality was gauged by record and ticket sales and earnings.
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