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On the one hand, it's the most high camp piece of elevator footage since an Aerosmith video began with a busty lift attendant inquiring of the band's lead singer: "Oh! Good morning Mr Tyler. Going … down?"On the one hand, it's the most high camp piece of elevator footage since an Aerosmith video began with a busty lift attendant inquiring of the band's lead singer: "Oh! Good morning Mr Tyler. Going … down?"
On the other … what a piece of work Ms Solange Knowles does seem. You can't go round doing that, can you? Or can you? Judging by the overwhelmingly amused reaction to the footage of Beyoncé's sister attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z in a lift following last week's Met Ball, you can if you're a hipster favourite (well done, hipsters – chalk up another triumph!), or if it makes a funny meme, or if the gentleman in question is bigger than you, or if Jay disrespected Bey by greasing up to Rachel or Rihanna or something.On the other … what a piece of work Ms Solange Knowles does seem. You can't go round doing that, can you? Or can you? Judging by the overwhelmingly amused reaction to the footage of Beyoncé's sister attacking her brother-in-law Jay Z in a lift following last week's Met Ball, you can if you're a hipster favourite (well done, hipsters – chalk up another triumph!), or if it makes a funny meme, or if the gentleman in question is bigger than you, or if Jay disrespected Bey by greasing up to Rachel or Rihanna or something.
Still, hats off to Jay Z for appearing to remain the very model of restraint throughout. As for what it is he's supposed to have said or done, no single human with an average number of real-world commitments could possibly keep on top of all the rapidly proliferating theories. By the time you read this someone will have floated the idea that Solange could not possibly have been acting alone, or that there was a second kicker on whatever constitutes that elevator's equivalent of the grassy knoll, while others will once again raise the possibility of Fidel Castro's involvement, bearing in mind Jay Z and Beyoncé visited Cuba only last year. The one thing we can say for sure is that it is now imperative the entertainment community establishes a fully funded Warren-style commission into the incident, to hear testimony from as many loosely connected persons as possible, before the idea that this was just some very poor behaviour in a lift takes fatal hold of the popular imagination.Still, hats off to Jay Z for appearing to remain the very model of restraint throughout. As for what it is he's supposed to have said or done, no single human with an average number of real-world commitments could possibly keep on top of all the rapidly proliferating theories. By the time you read this someone will have floated the idea that Solange could not possibly have been acting alone, or that there was a second kicker on whatever constitutes that elevator's equivalent of the grassy knoll, while others will once again raise the possibility of Fidel Castro's involvement, bearing in mind Jay Z and Beyoncé visited Cuba only last year. The one thing we can say for sure is that it is now imperative the entertainment community establishes a fully funded Warren-style commission into the incident, to hear testimony from as many loosely connected persons as possible, before the idea that this was just some very poor behaviour in a lift takes fatal hold of the popular imagination.
In the meantime, I'm sure determined people will find a way to persist in those pernicious old stereotypes about the fecklessness of hip-hop stars, but they surely seem more glaringly outmoded with each passing week. Jay Z looks to have been the Met Ball's Colonel Pickering, Dr Dre's firm is about to become Apple's biggest ever acquisition, and Snoop Dogg is advertising Moneysupermarket.com, in a career move that makes aristocratic meerkat Aleksandr Orlov his nearest rival.In the meantime, I'm sure determined people will find a way to persist in those pernicious old stereotypes about the fecklessness of hip-hop stars, but they surely seem more glaringly outmoded with each passing week. Jay Z looks to have been the Met Ball's Colonel Pickering, Dr Dre's firm is about to become Apple's biggest ever acquisition, and Snoop Dogg is advertising Moneysupermarket.com, in a career move that makes aristocratic meerkat Aleksandr Orlov his nearest rival.
That said, Snoop vs Alexsandr is a beef Lost in Showbiz would love to see unfold in the old-school style. That said, Snoop vs Aleksandr is a beef Lost in Showbiz would love to see unfold in the old-school style.