September 16, 2005
Stop Singing and Donate Cash Instead
And while I am on the subject, I don't think much of the way celebrities exploit human tragedies either. Live Aid may have been noble and so was Michael Jackson's initial appeal for worldwide attention and assistance with "We Are The World."
His latest effort smacks of a publicity stunt to get back in good graces with the record buying public. Besides, much of the money that is raised from the proceeds of such celebrity charity efforts go to the corporations and people involved in producing and promoting the projects. Notice how they always say the "profits" will be donated to the cause. What profits?
This is the entertainment industry. These are the same people who, year after year, despite taking in billions, are always crying about losing money because of "production expenses".
It's almost as if they organize these "charitable events" to promote their crop of celebrities and rake in some cash, to keep their production facilities busy in-between other commercial projects.
They could just donate money instead. Like I did, and thousands of other truly concerned people did.
If Michael Jackson really wants to help Hurricane Katrina victims, he should let them stay at one of his many luxury properties. Or, he could sell his Beatles catalog to that "monster" from Sony and give half to the hurricane relief fund. The other half, he could invest in Bahrainian government investments and he'd never have to sing again.
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