Here's something that I read that made me rather sad and laugh all at the same time. Last week I read online the Beyonce Knowles was going to Malaysia to put on a concert. "Cool!" I thought. An American pop artist is going to an Asian country to perform. Especially cool since I know several people that are from Malaysia that came to the 'States to study and to work for a few years.
Well, all of that has now changed. She is no longer going to perform in Kuala Lumpur because the officials there wanted her to be a bit more modest than she's comfortable with when it comes to her clothing atire. I thought Beyonce was a singer, not simplly eye candy for a paying audience, but maybe I was wrong. She either thinks waaaay to highly of herself and believes that somehow by not performing there she is "punishing" them somehow or maybe without flashing a whole lot of skin she's really not that stimulating to her audiences. Hmmm... I bet she's the type of person who gets upset when she travels and nobody speaks English. Either way the result is the same, no Beyonce in Malaysia. She will be performing in Indonesia instead
I'm curious, was she really not aware that Malaysia is a more socially conservative nation or did she think they would change for her? I applaud the officials in Malaysia for this one. If only somebody would censor Madonna the world would be a better place. I'm not a big censor person because I do believe in free speech and taking creative liberties, but I think it's a different creature when it comes to outdoor concerts. That's because one can be involuntarily subjected to Sting and the Police's reunion concert or have their mind numbed by Madonna...well doing it is whatever she does. Congrats Malaysia on not giving in to this diva and letting your cultural morals slip just so she can feel important and remind the world how loose our nations' morals can sometimes be.
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