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...Jackson-Timberlake performance might have continued this tradition as a confident interracial performance, and one that further tweaked pop cultural norms by asking its audience to accept the pairing of a younger man with a significantly older woman. At last year’s MTV Video Music Awards, Chris Rock justifiably mocked Timberlake’s use of “black” fashion and speech to build musical credibility; in a twist, now it was the 37-year-old Jackson who was using her performance with the 22 year old to make herself cool by association. And unlike...
It’s Saturday. Anxious preteens and closet fanatics alike crowd the rear of the Harvard Square Sprint Store, eagerly anticipating the arrival of MTV Real World cast members Ace, from the Paris season, and Cameran and Randy, of the currently running San Diego season. Representatives from JAMN 94.5 provide a festive hip hop background and an equally festive aesthetic background with their matching red t-shirts and gelled hair. The stage...
Fans bide their waiting time by entering to win Sprint phones, MTV memorabilia, and a dinner with the cast members later that evening at Brother Jimmy’s. For the dinner, Emily W. Porter ’04 is chosen out an overflowing box of contest entries. The Burberry-clad Harvard senior is visibly surprised. “Honestly, I just came here with my friend. I am very shocked,” Porter says. “Free food is always good. They better pay well with all those endorsements...
Porter finds the dynamic with the cast members slightly staged. “Does MTV own them [the cast members]?” she asks. Regardless, at the end of the dinner, Porter and Hanlon agree that the evening has been worthwhile. “Free food, free beer—it’s never a bad thing,” Porter says...
Shock value has become commonplace in American popular culture—as evidenced by the licentious acts that continue to find their way onto the small screen. There was the female-on-female kiss exchanged between two of pop’s biggest super stars during the MTV Music Awards—a program geared toward preadolescent fans. There was J. Lo’s green Versace dress barely held in place by double-sided tape. And now, of course, there is Janet Jackson’s notorious “wardrobe malfunction” during the Super Bowl halftime...