Monday, March 1, 2010
John Mayer Thoughts
I thoroughly enjoyed this article about John Mayer. Recently, I have not been the biggest Mayer supporter (not really even because of his controversial Playboy interview), and I really enjoyed what this article pointed out. I also find it very interesting that society does somewhat just let him get away with saying crude and inappropriate things without making him truly apologize. It slightly annoyed me that the article says "Most of the apologizing, though, he did with his hands." By saying this, Caramanica is basically saying that it is okay to not apologize for unacceptable actions if you are talented. However, Caramanica does not completely write off what Mayer did, which I truly appreciate. I think that as a society we hold celebrities to different standards and etiquette and it is ridiculous. If these are the people who we all look to and represent our country, we should consider the standard we are holding them to. I really liked that this article addressed how "dangerous" it is that people are still accepting Mayer in the same way as before, even after some abhorrent behavior.
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Although i agree his behavior was bad, i think people are blowing it out of proportion. Mayer has said some racial things that weren't good, but i, personally, am not offended and he did apologize publicly at one of his concerts. As a woman, his comments on how his and Jessica Simpsons sex life was were uncomfortable. That has to suck for Jessica, but she handled it with grace and didn't make a big deal out of it and i think the media were the people who tried to make it a big deal. Celebrities are always going to do or say dumb things, and sometimes they wont apologize, it'll just hurt them in the end if their poor decisions lead to their destruction, that's their own fault and the fault of the people who love them for not doing something about it.
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