IS THIS really IT? by Barbora Misakova

Sometimes I am asking myself: who is the bigger wretch – people from show biz or just ordinary people living out of it? Still more and more I believe that we both are some kind of prisoners of this “money & sensation” chasing world. There is plenty of examples how people tried to extract money or popularity and how much desperate they were to get it. Today we can see another model. And the name of it could be understood also as some kind of irony. Movie “This is it” is what deceased Michael Jackson left here. More than 100 hours of footage makes from “This is it” more than just a concert film and more than just a documentary. It say! s a story about the one of the biggest musicians ever lived, but also about the strength of human spirit, about talent and also about strikes and pain. King of Pop named it rightly, but who could ever think, that simple name of a show could point also on something else: insane show business. “This is it” should have been about Michael and his life work. But Sony which paid $60 million for the film rights just tremble to think how much money it will earn yet. Constant comparing with the biggest theater hits such as “The Blair Witch Project” or “Fahrenheit 9/11” makes me sick and evoke more serious questions. What is this world heading for? What is more important for us? For how much would we sell the memory of the deceased? Is everything countable only through money? IS THIS really IT?

related story (sgx15729): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091026/ap_en_ot/us_film_michael...

by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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