08-14-2003, 08:46 PM
I can see two sides of this coin.
(Honestly, I've yet to see a coin that had a different number of sides. Although there was an arcade near my house as a kid where the game tokens had the same impression on each side, they were definitely two sides.)
First, whoever owns the rights to that music has been able to sell it to the public all this time and no one has questioned that (using Sinatra as an example). I really don't see anything wrong with his "performances" that are scheduled, and I'm actually interested to see the show. It's a spectacle of technology seemingly "resurrecting" a man to continue performing, coupled with the quality of Sinatra's singing. I know that if I were a performer, I'd love for my work to live on. Similarly, I thought the Dirt Devil commercial with Fred Astaire was top-notch when I first saw it, and still do to this day.
However, the other side holds the fact that not everyone that is a "celebrity" is also a performer. Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, etc., are not presented in these ads in a way that reflects their life's work. If these people are to be resurrected to speak in some way, though the miracle of technology, let's do so in a way that WON'T have them rolling in their graves. Let's see Roosevelt speaking on our national parks. As mentioned above, let's see King Jr. giving his "I have a dream" speech in a classroom. Use them to promote the things they championed, not to make a buck.
(Honestly, I've yet to see a coin that had a different number of sides. Although there was an arcade near my house as a kid where the game tokens had the same impression on each side, they were definitely two sides.)
First, whoever owns the rights to that music has been able to sell it to the public all this time and no one has questioned that (using Sinatra as an example). I really don't see anything wrong with his "performances" that are scheduled, and I'm actually interested to see the show. It's a spectacle of technology seemingly "resurrecting" a man to continue performing, coupled with the quality of Sinatra's singing. I know that if I were a performer, I'd love for my work to live on. Similarly, I thought the Dirt Devil commercial with Fred Astaire was top-notch when I first saw it, and still do to this day.
However, the other side holds the fact that not everyone that is a "celebrity" is also a performer. Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, etc., are not presented in these ads in a way that reflects their life's work. If these people are to be resurrected to speak in some way, though the miracle of technology, let's do so in a way that WON'T have them rolling in their graves. Let's see Roosevelt speaking on our national parks. As mentioned above, let's see King Jr. giving his "I have a dream" speech in a classroom. Use them to promote the things they championed, not to make a buck.
See you in Town,
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