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Janet Jackson, Good Times, and the Current Healthcare Debate

by Diepiriye Kuku

[6.Oct.09] :. As much as the mammy stereotype may persist alongside images of the domineering Black (southern) mother, Good Times could not deny the dignity of feminine leadership.

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Janet Jackson: Regain Control

by Quentin B. Huff

[11.May.09] :. With the musical world filled with young "divas", there's little room for Miss Janet, an innovator who popularized the Sexy Diva With Choreography paradigm in the first place.

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Janet, Madonna & George’s Unpopular Coming Out

by Diepiriye Kuku

[20.Mar.09] :. Blues, jazz, funk and hip-hop have always masked white transgression, aiding generation upon generation to distinguish themselves from the conservative norms of whiteness bequeathed them; here was our generation’s Elvis, mocking and masking anything authentically black, trading love of the craft for sheer fame. And here on the black and white pages of Sex, she was showing us her beautifully dark skin friends, bragging about how much of a bad girl she was.

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Morality and the Principles of Pleasure

by Diepiriye Kuku

[3.Mar.09] :. I was 31 before the lyrics to the 1987 chart-topper Pleasure Principle meant anything to me. When the song debuted, I was already a staunch Janet Jackson fan. I was the first in my seventh...

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Janet Jackson is still in control

by Sean Piccoli [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[4.Oct.08] :. The tour coinciding with Janet Jackson’s new CD, “Discipline,” suffered a bout of uncertainty this week. But Jackson, 42, will perform as scheduled on Tuesday at BankAtlantic Center...

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A clean breast of it: Judges clear CBS in ‘wardrobe malfunction’

by Eric Mink [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[1.Aug.08] :. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia last week gave a conditional stamp of approval to Janet Jackson’s right breast, four and a half years after Ms. Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe...

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The impact of ‘Dark Knight,’ Leno and Janet’s breast

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[28.Jul.08] :. This has been an impactful week in the world of show business. And you know what that means? It means there was a lot of impact. You can’t have an impactful week without impact. I think I...

 

Janet Jackson: Discipline

by Michael Arceneaux

[26.Feb.08] :. Janet Jackson makes yet another forgettable album that leaves you treasuring all of her pre-Nipplegate creations.

 

Good Times: The Sixth Season

by Courtney Young

[31.Jul.06] :. Good Times quickly abandoned its original intent for easy laughs, leaving the house divided, but funny, nonetheless.

 

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

From start to finish, the film is suffused with Eddie Murphyness, his elevated sense of himself and his desire to do 'what no one else has done before.'"

 

Janet Jackson: Rhythm Nation Compilation

by Wendy Robinson

Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation Compilation DVD contains seven videos from the Rhythm Nation 1814 album, which was arguably the definitive work in Jackson’s always...