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CBS Defends Muting Lil Wayne, Em and Drake at Grammys
Source:
www.eurweb.com
(February 3, 2010) *CBS has defended its decision to mute the
mess out of
Lil Wayne, Drake and
Eminem’s
rap performance at the end of Sunday’s Grammy Awards telecast,
even though witnesses say the artists were doing a good job of
censoring themselves.
“We have great respect for artists’ creative freedom, but there
are certain things you can’t say, or sing, on television,” CBS
spokesman Chris Ender told the Associated Press.
The Los Angeles Times counted “at least 10 times” that the mute
button was pushed during their performances of “Drop the World”
and “Forever”* with Travis Barker and rock guitarists.
Grammy executive producer Ken Ehrlich told the newspaper that he
himself played no part in hitting the button. The network, he
said, has “a responsibility to standards and we have a
responsibility to represent music of the moment … and we can’t
do a show that represents everything that is out there without
this being part of it.”
On its
“Vulture” blog, New York
magazine commented “It’s all kind of bizarre Why were whole
lines being cut to avoid one profanity? Why was the music cut
out along with the [singers]? Did the bleep button keep getting
stuck in the on position or something?”
The magazine then proceeded to print the censored lyrics. Click
here to view:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/02/eminem_lil_wayne_and_drake_get.html
Things You Can't Say Or Sing On TV
Source:
www.thestar.com -
Associated Press
(February 2, 2010) Did anybody notice that, late in Sunday's
telecast of the Grammy Awards show, the sound went on the fritz?
The mikes went dead for seconds on end, over and over, like
some kind of short circuit no one could fix, during the big
production number with rap artists
Eminem, Lil Wayne and Drake.
To be honest, the rap medley of the songs "Forever" and "Drop
the World" contained some lyrics you might not hear in Sunday
school. But this wasn't Sunday school; it was late Sunday night,
on a TV extravaganza celebrating a wide range of music. CBS
sought to include cutting-edge artists whose music is selling
like hotcakes on the Grammys but felt compelled to take every
precaution to prevent a vocal version of a wardrobe malfunction.
"We have great respect for artists' creative freedom, but there
are certain things you can't say, or sing, on television," said
CBS spokesman Chris Ender. |
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