http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/ Integrating the Arts and Science Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-807 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:59:00 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-807 [...] are still coming up with new and improved ways to try to help out the devastated nation of Haiti. Wyclef Jean, for example, recently appealed to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt to adopt a baby from [...]

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-766 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:07:39 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-766 I think you’re right — 25 years between the first and the remake — memories are short and so instead of doing something new and fresh, they chose to massacre the old in the quick expedition of trying to make the song “relevant” to a whole new generation. What a loss. The new is awful and the historic is irretrievably damaged.
It looks like Vince Vaughn took the back row role of Dan Aykroyd in the remake as the “What am I doing here?” shtick. Just awful.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-765 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:34:47 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-765 I was clueless about this horrendous remake and now I think sometimes ignorance is really bliss. What were they thinking? That they were creating another masterpiece??
Public memory is short, and the media just plays along by feeding new scoops…while the real issue is lost in darkness…sad.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-764 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:33 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-764 That’s a pretty commercial site, Gordon. I’m more interested in the percentage of homes destroyed and not replaced rather than the number of new restaurants.
I wonder how many people left New Orleans never to return again?

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-763 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:13:05 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-763 The only one I found said it was shutting down in June of this year because they feel the transition is over now: they say there are more restaurants in new orleans than there were pre-Katrina and they won the Super Bowl so it must be getting pretty good.
http://www.helpthecityofneworleans.com/
Plenty of work to be done, I say.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-762 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:58:17 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-762 I love that site, Gordon, but is there a similar site for New Orleans like this one for Haiti?
http://wearetheworldfoundation.org/

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-761 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:51:18 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-761 The New Orleans public library has a page documenting their recovery.
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/recovery/recovery.htm

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-760 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:44:01 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-760 Ooof! It’s a horrible remake, Gordon. They didn’t even try to change the video much — it’s a bunch of celebrities doing a poor imitation of the original excellence. It feels like a Saturday Night Live parody! Barbara Streisand? Really?! I guess this was her second grab at the original missed opportunity. Mary J. Blige can’t take off her sunglasses? Double Ugh.
There are lots of things that can be done to help New Orleans. I’m just stunned how little national effort there is to care to set that national treasure right again.

]]> http://scientificaesthetic.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-759 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:37:41 +0000 http://sciaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/the-haitian-massacre-of-we-are-the-world/#comment-759 Right on, David. I tried watching the remake and kept thinking — who is that? I went back to the original and knew everyone. I hope to spend some time in New Orleans doing volunteer work.

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