Idiots and Fools

Am I angry? Am I resentful? Disillusioned?

No. No. And... yes!

In a crazy burst of creative energy, I recently donned an outfit for a new character I've apparently created and made a video claiming to be the "real" author of a song that is in fact, that of my good friend and client (I'm her manager and producer) Celina Gutierrez.

My "claim" is so absurd - I am in drag, drinking from an oversized brandy snifter I got at WallMart, with other clips of me so obviously bullshitting; yet a few people actually have posted insulting remarks on the video page, thinking I am really claiming to own that song I am referring to.

(Okay, Celina did send out an email saying that this someone, me, was making an erroneous claim to her song, but once there - can't you see it's a joke? C'mon people!)

What really makes me wonder about people, is that there are many posts that acknowledge the joke... right there under the video.

Of course, taking chances with art and creativity will always unearth the least creative, as demonstrated by an email I received from another artist (that I won't bother to go into).

Taking chances is just that - I am taking a chance that people will recognize the inspiration from Jamie Fox, Jim Carey, Milton Berle, and countless others who have created exaggerated characters like this one.

On the other hand, I am happy to have my work strike a nerve in people - it means it is being seen, but I just wish people would take a second to think about something before writing comments like that. It just makes them look stupid.

sigh... here's the video: