Deader is Better

08-06-2009 Thursday

'Why is it that when a famous people die, they are appreciated more and are given more importance compared to when they're still alive?' Is it just me who notices that? Well, if that's the case then Micheal Jackson probably wished he died sooner.

After getting home this morning, I turned on the TV hoping to watch something other than the tributes to Former President Corazon Aquino but I couldn't find anything else to watch. Sure, the tribute is touching and if you happen to cry over sappy features on tv, then you'll definitely be bawling after a few minutes of watching it. The thing is, these people make me sick. I don't know if it's the effect of media on people or most of them are simply brainwashed by false beliefs.

It's not the fact that they're honoring the former president, don't get me wrong, even though I could hardly remember those years when Cory was the president, I feel that she deserved being given that honor. It's the fact that I want to ask these people, "Why is it only now that she's dead?' Do they seriously think that Cory will appreciate it now that she's 6-feet below the ground and she's just counting down the days before the worms eat what was left of her corpse?

My point is, they give their honors that she deserved way too late. All the years that she was president, was she ever given this kind of honor or even after she was president, do people remember what she did for the country, well I think maybe yes but compare it to what she's being given now. Isn't ironic that people seemed to remember you more when you're dead?

Another thing that bugs me is the interview they made on random people about Cory Aquino. There's these group of kids who seemed to be around 8 or 9 years old who told the reporter that they admire Cory Aquino because she brought the democracy back blah blah blah. I sat in front of the TV, shaking my head at the plain stupidity of it. How can a 9 year old kid know what democracy really means and how can they idolize Cory when they weren't even born at the time of Cory's term as a president. Did their parents tell them to say those craps because they will be seen on tv? I mean, come on man, look at me, I'm 20 years old but I don't even remember what the country was like when Cory was the president. So if you'll ask me what can I say about her death, I will say yeah it's sad, that's it. I respect her as a former president but that's just about it. I don't say things I know nothing about.

Think about Micheal Jackson too. After he died, suddenly everyone is a fan. I read blogs about him, how they idolize the king of pop and how they were fans since they were kids but before he died, they barely notice him. Take my neighbor here as an example too, at the peak of the news about MJ's death, they played a lot of MJ songs all throughout the day but I've lived here for almost 3 months now and they never played a single MJ song before that. I read the newspaper and saw that MJ's albums are hitting no. 1 again, I checked online and his songs are most played, or most downloaded for 1 week straight.

Please can someone enlighten me? Is this the new trend now? To idolize someone when they're already dead? God, then I should say to those forgotten artists to just die so they can sell their albums again. I should say to former icons of the country to just die so they can be remembered and be given the honor they've worked hard for to earn.

I also noticed that famous online communities like Friendster or Facebook are starting to create fan profiles of MJ or Cory Aquino and more people are becoming a fan just now. People are buying posters, cd's, t-shirts, caps, whatever item they can get their hands on, to show their so-called appreciation to that someone they idolize. Shit, after a while, it's all gonna be forgotten then someone will die again and people will feast on that and the cycle starts over again.

Yeah, this death thing has become a trend as well, I wonder what's next.

Labels: Cory Aquino, death, icon, Micheal Jackson, pink crimson

posted by Monica-Lynne @ 7:04 PM