【非文青N周一文】写下点小感想

本帖于 2012-02-12 06:32:03 时间, 由版主 林贝卡 编辑

Early tonight, I found that Amazon was streaming The Bodyguard for free to its prime memebers. Smart move, Amazon. Getting all the publicity for its video service. But I didn't fall into their trap. How depressing would it be to watch the then-stunningly-beautiful Whitney in the movie on the day of her death? So instead, I went to netflix and watched a documentary on Bill Withers, Still Bill. Sooooooooo Good!!! Such a big contrast between the lives of Bill and Whitney, two extremely talented African-American musicians. Bill is so together, so well-grounded, so wise and so down-to-earth, so knowing what he wants. Bill left the music business at the peak of his career, around the time when his son was born. He stopped tours and started spending more time with his family; Whitney got married with Bobby Brown at the peak of both of their careers, started doing drugs together and went downhill from then on. We were all waiting and hoping for a comeback of Whitney, from her free-falling career, and of Bill, from his reclusive life. But Whitney, despite her 2009 album, never really came back; Bill, wasn't coming back either, but this documentary shows he is very healthy, very much Still Bill and is enjoying writing and singing songs.  In the documentary, we saw Bill celebrating his 70th birthday with his family; And today, we heard the news that Whitney has died at the age of 48, survived by her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina. Amazing contrasts.

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Fame is a double-edged sword. -NewVoice- 给 NewVoice 发送悄悄话 NewVoice 的博客首页 (555 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 05:41:24

谢谢姐姐! -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (877 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 10:48:16

En,amazing contrast.喜欢文青一如既往的有洞察力的好文! -beautifulwind- 给 beautifulwind 发送悄悄话 beautifulwind 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 07:52:43

谢谢美风喜欢! -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 10:49:45

写得真好! -EnLearner- 给 EnLearner 发送悄悄话 EnLearner 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 14:07:02

谢谢愚公!祝你新周愉快! -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/12/2012 postreply 17:55:30

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