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We Agree That Kanye West Is a Tool

In last week’s poll, we got a 100% response that Kanye West is, indeed, a tool.

He needs to have a better handler, I think, one who will help him channel his arrogance and impulsiveness to better activities than embarassing a teenage girl on national television.

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Kanye West: Tool or Not?

So, Kanye pulled a real tool move at the VMAs, jumping on stage to protest Taylor Swift’s win over Beyonce.

I go back and forth on Kanye. I appreciate his outspoken nature when he tells us that G.W. Bush doesn’t like black people, but I can’t stand when he whines about not winning a moonman trophy.

I feel like he may have been upset at the perceived pro-white bias of mainstream music, and if that was part of turned him into an unthinking dick while Taylor Swift was on stage, well, I can see where he is coming from. I don’t think there is an excuse for the way he made his protest, though. Race in popular culture is something I’m exploring for one of my epic-length posts, so check back for that one. Until then, weigh in on whether Kanye is a complete tool or not. No “I don’t know” choices here–take a stand.

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Boring

Pop culture is boring right now. Yeah, Heather Locklear got arrested, and yeah Kanye West and Shia LaBeouf got off scot-free, and yeah Meg Ryan called Dennis Quaid a cheater. And I can’t really be curmudgeonly about the dudes who almost died in the plane crash–that would just be mean.

So, I’ve been reading. A friend turned me on to the Black Dagger Brotherhood books, and I’m loving them. They are paranormal romances, so they are full of angst and sex. I like them better than the Twilight books, mainly because the characters are adults. Teen angst is fun, and the Twilight books are an enjoyable read. But, grown-up angst and hot sex scenes are even better. I man, come on, who didn’t prefer Valley of Horses over Clan of the Cave Bear simply because of the sex? Clan was a better story, but Valley introduced sex that was pleasurable for women. And we Cro-Magnon gals need pleasurable sex. Those Neanderthal women just didn’t know what they were missing when they blindly complied with “the gesture.” (What is Jean Auel up to these days? Does she still write books about Ayla?)

There has been talk of making a movie out of the Black Dagger Brotherhood books. I would watch that, as long as they get the right men for the parts. I know that Stephenie Meyer says she is all in support of the kid they cast as Edward, but he is not attractive enough for my interpretation of Edward. We need some really hot guys for BDB. Danny Trejo comes to mind for Zsadist. He has the look and the ability to convey a strong sense of menace, and like Benicio Del Toro (who is mad sexy even though he is not the most conventionally attractive guy), he looks like he might know how to handle himself in the boudoir. Any other thoughts?

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Waa, Waa Kanye West

Kanye West is a petulant little baby with an over-developed sense of entitlement.

First he complained that MTV didn’t give him any awards or let him open the VMAs last year. Then he made the Bonnaroo festival-goers wait all night long to actually start his show. Now, he goes after a pap who wanted to take his picture.

Now I’m not defending paparazzi in general. They use some very questionable tactics to get photos, and they often endanger onlookers in their pursuit of the money shot. But that doesn’t mean Kanye and his entourage have the right to destroy their cameras. Until people quit creating a market for the shots, paparazzi will be a part of the popular culture.

If Kanye didn’t have such a history of, well, histrionics, I might have a little more sympathy. Instead I mock him–doesn’t he know that poor people in the midwest would kill to have to fight off aggressive paparazzi when they go to the airport?

Edited to add: More Kanye silliness: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/ask_the_answer_bitch/b32164_are_people_finally_getting_sick_of_kanye.html

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