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TV Show: FOX News: MTV 2010 VMAs... Worst Ever?
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FOX News: MTV 2010 VMAs... Worst Ever?
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MTV 2010 VMAs ... Worst Ever?
MTV’s Video Music Awards have always been an evening rich in A-list talent, surprises, and scandals that have become part of pop culture history.
For example....
In 1999 Diana Ross jiggled Lil Kim’s exposed breast.
In 2003 Madonna portrayed a groom kissing her brides Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.
Spears gave a career-crippling performance that was controversially mocked by Sarah Silverman in 2007.
In 2008 Jordin Sparks gave host Russell Brand a piece of her mind when he continued to make fun of the Jonas Brothers and their purity rings.
At Radio City Music Hall last year, the controversies continued when the Queen of Pop Madonna opened the show, reminiscing on her experiences with King of Pop Michael Jackson ahead of Janet’s tribute. And while Kanye West stole Taylor Swift’s microphone, Pink stole the show by trapezing from one side of the show to the other.
The big highlight of 2010? Hmmm… Taylor Swift strumming her guitar? Kanye West singing about jerks? Lady Gaga asking Cher to hold her meat purse?
And where were the big-named celebrities?
“Most of the attendees filing in seemed to be the ‘stars’ of ‘Jersey Shore’ and other reality TV shows, and a plethora of teen and ‘tween stars from the Disney and Nickelodeon set. Music already seemed to be taking a backseat before the show even started,” said Hollywood pop culture comentator Scott Huver. “Other than maybe the revelatory performance by ‘Florence + the Machine,’ the show itself seemed unusually dull.”
Even the energy-flat audience seemed particularly restless, much more so than in previous years, as flocks of people constantly bounced in and out and every commercial break opportunity and barely even got out of their seats to show much enthusiasm.
The most anticipated component of the evening was, of course, Taylor Swift and Kanye West addressing last year’s controversy by debuting their new singles. But even that didn’t seem enough to excite the crowd.
“The show’s super-hyped performances by Taylor Swift and Kanye West were shockingly safe, coming off like an attempt to cash in on last year’s major controversy while also not really rocking any boats,” Huver said.
Oddly enough, it was West who got the louder round of applause, at least in the Nokia Theater, between the two despite being the culprit who stirred up all the initial drama on “innocent” Swift last year.
Furthermore, critics have panned comedian Chelsea Handler as one of the worst hosts in the show’s 26 year history.
The New York Times called Handler “purposefully out-of-touch, with brief, alarming flashes of off-color racial humor.” Entertainment Weekly referred to her Lady Gaga-inspired entrance as taking on the “easiest and lamest target around,” while AOL TV surmised that most of her “skits fell flat.”
However, the dud of a night may be a reflection of a bigger picture – is the medium of the MTV music video now completely irrelevant in the ever-evolving music industry?
“It’s definitely time to wonder, with its focus on hyping non-music-driven reality series like ‘The Hills’ and ‘Jersey Shore,’ if MTV hasn’t made the ‘music’ part of its own identity largely irrelevant to both its audience, its industry and even its own signature awards show,” Huver said.
Jed Smith, founder of the Los Angeles based music production company Betafish, doesn’t think music videos are over – he just thinks they’re on the cusp of a big change.
“Despite a somewhat lackluster year in music videos, the format is going to experience a renaissance fueled by the skyrocketing popularity of short form content on mobile devices,” he said.
But not, it seems, on MTV - the music video's prime mover whose time as the prime venue for new pop stars may now be long past.
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I completely agree, the worst EVER.  Thank God for the great scene and for Usher performing and saving the show. Everything else sucked: the performances, the winners, the host. So wack.
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It was kinda pathetic. The only thing I liked was Usher, GaGa, and Eminem and Rihanna. Everything else was....just boring!
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 Truer words have never been spoken.
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foxnews is just mad about gaga winning..
foxnews and NY post hates her so much LOL
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This one literally was the worst ever, 2008 comes in second place for worst ever.
2003 will always be the best one because of the many iconic performances and the constant excitement. And 2009 comes in second as the best one ever with Gagas debut, the MJ tribute, and the controversy with Kanye!
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Originally posted by love100
foxnews is just mad about gaga winning..
foxnews and NY post hates her so much LOL
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No. This is not correct.
Notice how much emphasis was being placed upon lack of stars like GaGa being present at the show.
Failure.
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I didn't hate it, but I thought it was boring...
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For once i agree with them.
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Originally posted by Satellites
This one literally was the worst ever, 2008 comes in second place for worst ever.
2003 will always be the best one because of the many iconic performances and the constant excitement. And 2009 comes in second as the best one ever with Gagas debut, the MJ tribute, and the controversy with Kanye!
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I'm sure the 2011 VMAs will be epic. Beyoncé better have a bunch of videos released prior to that. I have a feeling she'll sweep the next award season. 
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Originally posted by sticks
“Other than maybe the revelatory performance by ‘Florence + the Machine,’ the show itself seemed unusually dull.”
But I agree, other than Florence the awards show was boring. Chelsea Handler was NOT funny, the presenters were NOT funny and the performances were lame. I should've gone to bed after I heard Deadmau5 play Bulletproof and Florence performed.  |
Haha that's what I did.
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I am shocked and appalled that I'm seeing a reasonable article with fair points...from Fox News
yes Chelsea was terrible and some of her "jokes" were just...ugh
Gaga winning was great, other than that....the performances were lackluster
and I'm surprised they are openly referring to the Kanye/Taylor cash-in
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It hasn't been good since 2003, but this was a dent in how bad the show has gotten.
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Haha that's what I did.
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I mean there really wasn't that much to see, except I was midly impressed by Robyn's attack on the air around her.
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The stage was COOL though 
Maybe that's why I didn't hate the show 
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It was pretty bland but I'd say that that's only because of the fact that 2010 in music has also been a bore with mainly generic artists who can't put on a show dominating.
Lol @ them suggesting the VMA's are over though. That's so melodramatic. I bet that next years will be back on track with the exciting musical releases scheduled for before then.
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It wasn't the worst ever. Let's not be dramatic. I'd say 2008 was one of the worst.
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To be honest last years VMAs were just really good. 2004-2008 were absolutely awful. The show was getting worse each year. But last year we had competition, big new artists, big name performers, and a huge scandal to make for one great show.
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Originally posted by Bibliotheque
It was pretty bland but I'd say that that's only because of the fact that 2010 in music has also been a bore with mainly generic artists who can't put on a show dominating.
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