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Bobby Brown, Clive Davis, drugs, interview, Oprah, Whitney Houston
My random commentary on Oprah’s interview with Whitney Houston, Part 1.
1. Whitney looks so healthy now. She looks as alert, mature, and calm as I have ever seen her. She’s confident and composed…in short, she looks like a forty-something black woman who is all grown up.
2. Oprah tries so hard to be a serious, journalistic interviewer like a Barbara Walters or a Diane Sawyer, but she just can’t take Oprah out of the equation. How did I learn more about you than WH? Why did I learn more about you than WH?
3. What a difference a Clive Davis makes! Celebrities and celebrity handlers take note. No doubt, if Kanye had a Clive Davis he would act right. He is a throwback to the Barry Gordy school of producing superstars–hands on in every way. Since the advent of facebook/twitter/blogs, celebrities have been circumventing their handlers and publicists and are letting their crazy flag fly. Not so here! Whitney is playing the “I’m just a normal person” role perfectly, and leaving the “please pay attention to my crazy behind before my fifteen minutes are up” to the young fools.
4. I hope Oprah lets WH speak–you know answer questions without being cut off or spoon fed answers. I want to hear one thing that doesn’t sound rehearsed, see one question that catches WH off guard, just to let me know that this is a real interview and not another prepackaged “rebuild my image and don’t pull any punches interview.” I feel like WH had last night’s questions a while ago. I mean, she did. Her team knew we would want to hear about Bobby and the drugs. I want a crazy Tyra Banks question, one that has nothing to do with any scandals or rumors, like…Who had the best boobs of anyone you ever worked with? Not because I want to know, but because it would get a real response, a completely off the cuff, this is how I really feel answer.
I am not saying she is lying, but I want less polish and more of that Whitney sass that is still shining through all that Maybelline. I want her to jerk her neck one good time, or slap Oprah five, or belly laugh with her head thrown back and her mouth wide open. I like the new, mature WH; but can I get a little sizzle for old time’s sake?
On to hour two…
yeah, i would want to see a real person too. but, i think if i was whitney, i’d want to do it the way she is now. i don’t think she can afford a tom cruise moment on oprah… haha.
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