(Part 13A) Armond White on Michael Jackson "Black Or White"

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November 16, 2007

(Part 13a) SAT, July 28, 2007. SCANNERS 2007 Video Festival. Film Society of Lincoln Center. Walter Reade Theater. CRITIC Armond White's "Official History of Music Video: An Introspective" Pres...

(Part 13a) SAT, July 28, 2007. SCANNERS 2007 Video Festival. Film Society of Lincoln Center. Walter Reade Theater. CRITIC Armond White's "Official History of Music Video: An Introspective" Presentation.

This portion features the airing of the mainstream portion of the music video.

(Part 13A)
PANTHEON Exhibit C
CRITIC Armond White on
Michael Jackson "Black Or White"
Director: John Landis

Here's an article promoting the event:

http://www.nypress.com/20/30/news&...

Armond White can be reached courtesy of the weekly, the New York Press

http://www.nypress.com

Or

the newsletter, First of The Month

http://www.firstofthemonth.org/

Here are a few Armond White quotes on this music video from the article, "Black Or White, The Gloved One Is Not A Chump"

"...Even though the video's credits say 'Directed by John Landis,' this is significantly the work of an auteur whose image and personality dominate every frame. Black or White is very much a Hollywood production, filled with million-dollar savvy and showbiz panache. It is ebulliently photographed and has been ebulliently conceived. The color doesn't imitate old MGM musicals, as Janet Jackson's Alright does; this is a brighter, smoother palette, like Steven Spielberg's zestier productions. The slickness and vibrancy generate a cheerful mood, just as they reify a philosophy of benevolent transformation that becomes literal in the video's fourth sequence."

"...the triumphant image of Jackson held aloft by the Statue Of Liberty (he strikes the pose of his BAD video), negating Barbra Streisand's narcissism in Funny Girl, announces a new level of symbolism. As the image widens, Jackson is seen surrounded by the Eiffel Tower, the Sphinx, the Taj Mahal, the Acropolis, Big Ben, and other wonders of the world in a vivid fantasy collage. It's obvious that he is speaking to the world at large, but the less superficial meaning of the image shows that he is equal to these wonders: equally famous, equally legendary, equally 'big'..."

The City Sun, November 21, 1991
Also seen in the book, "THE RESISTANCE: Ten Years of Pop Culture That Shook The World" by Armond White

This article/essay won the 1992 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award in Music Criticism/Journalism

Category: Music

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Armond White Michael Jackson Black or Pop R&B Rock Soul John Landis Music Video ABC American Gangster Gangsta

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"Black or white" is mix of hard rock, dance and rap. Michael Jackson is the best rock performer of all time!!!!

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mike's the best!

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Look at the armond white quotes/excerts in the ABOUT THIS VIDEO section.

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MJ can SANG!

Incredible video. The morphing still amazes YEARS later...

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