Back to Prince and the local media insanity.
Last night there was an in depth story of a visit to the JW Kingdom Hall where Prince was a member. We were told that no, Witnesses aren't anti-medicine or anti-surgery, and "Brother Nelson" went door to door sometimes like other Witnesses, where a woman once asked him if anybody had ever told him he looks just like Prince. Wow, never saw that one coming.
Yet another in-depth story featured some kind of therapist trying to explain why people get so wound up in grieving for somebody they never met. The story was complete with attention-seeking neurotics blubbering and bawling for the camera outside Paisley Park. And wouldn't you know it, turns out the therapist herself had made a pilgrimage to Paisley Park. What a surprise.
Yet another story informed us that Prince gave some large donations to local organizations with the provision that he remain an anonymous donor. And of course now that Prince is dead, a director of one the charities can't wait to get his face on camera and violate that confidence.
After all that, I couldn't bear to watch today.
Apparently sales of Prince's music increased by
42,000 percent in the first four days after his death. I mean no disrespect to longtime Prince fans, but I have to wonder how many new buyers of his music will now claim to have been big fans all along.