I don’t know where to begin or end with this one… and I suppose that’s the best way to be – as there is no beginning or end to the perpetual renaissance that is Born This Way.
The events of the interview are plastered unto my membrane as if they happened yesterday. Whitney Houston and Diane Sawyer circa 2002, facing each other in an epic stare off as Whitney dauntingly boasts “Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let’s get that straight.” Of course to the surprise of few, it was later revealed that the singer was in fact a user of the drug, however that is not a point central to this message. Whitney Houston’s public and controversial announcement in which she denounced crack and it’s usage was not your typical celebrity rehab sham, instead it was atypical for the fact that it marked a public announcement of drug use and it’s correlation to one’s social status. Crack equated to shady drug transactions at deserted gas stations, while cocaine equated to plastic boobs, rhinoplasty perfected nose bleeds and silicone shots.
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