Newswire
BET's viewers have already started lashing out at the channel's upcoming show Hot Ghetto Mess, based on the website of the same name, which features photos of blacks with gaudy clothes, hair, etc., exploiting and mocking the overkill. But the show's sponsorship is in danger now, so it gets to be an official "controversy." Yes, the show's logo is a dude in blackface, but the motto is "We Got To Do Better." (Hollywood Reporter via Reuters)
More posts by this author
- Weekend box office: Darkness over Labor Day
-
Of Montreal packages new album more crazily than usual
It's a strange day in indiedom when the line between savvy marketing and whimsical batty-ness blurs. Less surprising is that the beloved
- New Sigur Ros album streaming for free
-
Vinyl Retentive: David Bowie
-
Vinyl Retentive #2: Woody Allen
- And ampersand after ampersand
- Will Gingerdead Man 2 achieve optimum trashiness?
Advertisement
- Comments