Team Kanye

I know, you're sick of it, I'm sick of it, we're sick of it, there's wars going on, health care etc. Everyone is fatigued on Kanye-Taylorgate '09, but this cultural fixation is only making me more interested. I love that our cuture still isn't saturated with celebrity culture enough to realize that this is 100% a publicity stunt and benefits EVERYONE! Taylor Swift isn't crying because she didn't get to thank Carson Daly for awarding her best female video (do we know what video it was)? And Kanye isn't apologetic because the crazier he looks, the more stunts he pulls, he becomes less of a person and more of a brand. Need proof that Kanye values being distinguishable over dignity?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury his hair, his leather shirt, and his girlfriend. Kanye the-crazy-George-Bush-doesn't-care-about-black-people-stupid-sunglasses-wearing-I-am-the-king-of-pop controversy monger eclipsed Kanye West the rapper, and certainly Kanye West the person. Which is why his apology on the Jay Leno (who is so ugh) was so interesting.

I may be naive (I am being naive)but I think that Kanye was genuinely upset when Leno asked him how his dead mother would feel about his "outbreak". And I don't know how it's more socially acceptable to scold a grown man by making him imagine his recently deceased mother's disapointment than to momentarily interrupt a speech at an award show at which Fartman makes frequent appearances. Also Taylor Swift is kind of the worst, in her View interview this week she whined about not getting to thank the fans, and having to pull herself together to preform like a professional 5 min later. I'm sorry but your lipsyncing on the subway was not preforming like a professional. This is preforming like a professional (except for the whole 'I'm beasting, of this riesling' line. Cringe.) take notes.