The Double-Dip Mentality

[Occhidiangela]

Barry Gordy was good at that. Taking poor black folks from the streets of Detroit with hopes and dreams, snaring them in contracts that are pretty much selling their souls, and then he would "scrub the black out of them." Fix their hair, refine them, voice lessons to correct black pronounciations, accents, and consonants, and put them through a sort of finishing school to make them appeal to the white audience as much as possible.
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Ross and Jackson were already successful and well off by the time you say they "went Gordy." As to trying to broaden one's market appeal, perhaps "whatever it takes to make the next fifty million" is the price some folks will pay.

Any number of actresses color their hair -- Cameron Diaz, anyone? Deborah Harry? It allegedly increases their appeal. (In Harry's case, it provided the name for her band.

Bob Dylan was able to attract an immense audience with a lousy voice and an ugly mug. Could it be he was more about substance than image?

Occhi

PS:The Actress Formerly Known As Blondie