M-I-C… See you later! K-E-Y… Why? ‘Cause you’re indecent.
Posted on March 3, 2004 @ 11:28 am
Although it’s a late entry into the competition, it looks like Disney might have sewn up first prize in the Most Ridiculous Response to Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Halftime Stunt Contest. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Disney Rids Statue Linked to Janet JacksonOh, and here’s a future headline from the year 2008: “Timberlake Footage Cut from New Mickey Mouse Club DVD.”
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has quietly shelved a life-size statue of Mickey Mouse inspired by singer Janet Jackson, who was roundly criticized for a risque Super Bowl halftime performance.
The 6-foot, 700-pound statue was one of 75 unveiled at Walt Disney World in Orlando last fall to celebrate the 75th birthday of Mickey Mouse. The statues were inspired by celebrities such as tennis star Andre Agassi, actress Jamie Lee Curtis and comedian Ellen DeGeneres.
The statue inspired by Jackson was clad in a tight black outfit similar to one she wore in 1990 after the release of her album, Rhythm Nation 1928. It was replaced by a spare statue designed by Luis Fernandez, an in-house Disney artist.
“Considering all the controversy it drew, we talked it over for a couple of days and decided it would be best to replace hers with a new one,” Gary Foster, a Disney spokesman, told the Orlando Sentinel.
Foster didn’t immediately return a phone call to The Associated Press.
Jackson’s bump-and-grind performance with singer Justin Timberlake during last month’s Super Bowl was capped by Timberlake ripping a piece of clothing off to reveal her breast.
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Oh, what a bunch of jackasses.
BTW, I am a crackhead, and it strikes me sometimes that I never go back to read if you reply to my comment or not, since it doesn’t automatically go to my email like livejournal. So all of those witty replies you theoretically came up with were totally lost on me.
Does Kourtney have a blog too? If she doesn’t, she should.
You mean I wasted all that wit? Aw, crap.
Seriously, though, I think there’s a way to set up a “subscribe to comments” option that would allow you to receive any replies to posts you had commented on via e-mail. I might look into setting that up.
I’ve been trying to convince Kourtney to let me set up a blog for her (or create an account for her on this blog), but she’s resisting so far. I’ll let her know, however, that the people are clamboring for her to join in on the fun.
Look! I actually remembered that I commented and came back to look! You’ll have to figure out how to subscribe, cause I’m lazy.
Well, tell her to go livejournal if she decides to blog!