EMP-TV

MTV is a pox on the American television landscape. What started out decades ago,fairly innocently, as a vehicle for selling all types of music by playing those new fangled and unvarnished music videos, has turned into this giant slobbering, marketing machine for Viacom and every other talent-free media conglomerate out there. I just endured some of the MTV Movie Awards , a horribly written, nutrition free television confection, the TV equivalant of a twinky, which shamelessly sells bogus films and their stars both equally devoid of talent. A steaming coil of poop packaged in a great set with screaming young girls corralled into little audience pits to provide cheers and laughs for the lame pseudo entertainers and their banter. Lowlights included Will Farrell embarassing himself in a NASCAR outfit to hype an upcoming comedy "vehicle". Farrell is fast becoming a poorman's Chevy Chase...or Adam Sandler...or...Jimmy Fallon (if a poorman's Jimmy Fallon is possible).

Jim Carrey accepted some sort of mega-star award with an accompanying bunch of clips that made it appear he'd passed on so he came out and did an unfunny five minutes surrounded by 100 models dressed as angels replete with angel's wings and costumes...ouch!

Jessica Alba hosted and once again revealed herself as just another commodity (I can't say actor) a performer absent of talent, charisma, comedic timing or acting chops...possessing only a smoking body and a great agent. Alba's blue-screen skit as a realtor selling a "cliff" to King Kong was about as funny as an aneurism. When you look at this event as just another component of the flacid MTV programming package you can see the hands of the cynical teen-hating machine of Viacom excitedly rushing to jam horrible products, music and movies down young America's video-game-addled throats. Who decided that every suburban white kid should round out their cultural education by assimilating all of Fifty Cents crotch grabbing socio-pathology into their everyday behavior. TRL, featuring Jessica Simpson interviews and supposed musical guests like Kelly Clarkson feeds into Road Rules vs Kids With Newer Haircuts III, it goes on and on ...

I'm just glad I'm too old and brokendown to get sucked into the vortex for too long...but now I know it wasn't video that killed tht radio star...it was EMT-TV.

Turn that shit off!!
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