LizzyTish's Comments (59)

“Cute review. I wanted to check out this tour but my little one gave the idea a thorough thumbs down. What can I say? We're just Jonas people, apparently (well, they ARE awesome live).”

“Exactly.”

“Haha, no. It is just multiethnic hair (isn't their bio dad Jewish?)...my daughter's hair is that exact color.

My daughter has a quarter African American ancestry, a quarter Jewish ancestry, half European ancestry.

It just happens. :)

Despite his own efforts to alter himself, his kids look like pretty natural, hipsterish kids to me!”

“I know a lot of adoptive families.It is not unusual for the kids to ultimately look like an adoptive parent who they are NOT biologically related to. Nurture is a strong force. :)”

“But that's Quincy Jones' POV, though, colored by his outlook. It seemed to me Michael just had an issue with being categorized, period - affected by his family relationships and other influences. He seemed to have a similar issue with his gender.

& BTW: There is yet to be a time in which any person of color does not experience racial constrictions and pressures.

Don't get me wrong...I think Michael's outlook was sometimes naive and his approach twisted and colored by trauma & self-loathing...but his lifestyle had elements of that idealistic brilliance that unfortunately went better off in song.

P.S. I didn't mean to imply Michael was biologically connected to the kids - just that they have a race-free aspect that reminds me of mine.

Peace. :)”

“They could easily be multiracial. Prince Michael & Paris look SO MUCH like my daughter and nephew, coloringwise. Most people assume our kids are white, but they are a part black, through myself and my sister, who are half black,and respect that part of their heritage, as well as the others.

It's just the future...no big deal. I think Michael was not trying not to be black per se...but trying to free himself and his family of racial constrictions. As a multiracial person with a diverse family...I get it, even if with Michael Jackson it might have been a little forced and misguided, I think his intentions made some kind of sense. Sad it got so garbled and weird with everything.

Anyway. They are adorable and seem like sweet kids...hope they continue to be protected as they seemto have been up until now.”

“OK...Not to be a Maher-like squealing fan, but Mr. Schaeffer...I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOUR NEXT BOOK! Squee! Thanks for all the great perspective over this last year.”

“A real band can't be marketed like a fake entity, a la Hannah Montana. And their albums outsell the non-fabrication version Miley Cyrus' albums, last I checked.

Nick is surely not "the only one with talent" - he's the prodigy, but there would have been no success without the other two brothers. Nick is the least charismatic.”

“I agree with you. I think the show is adorable, and their acting is above the level of the rest of the Disney shows.”

“So their hysteria is simmering down. So what? That's Disney's fault, really, for overmarketing and trying to turn the band into multiplatform robots that they are incapable of being because their charisma is uncalculated. (Their TV show is also better than most Disney.)

They'd be lucky if Disney dropped them so they can go be like any other band out there - most of which never get to enjoy a period of hysteria before being able to perform as a normal, less explosive band - the way most bands spend their entire existence. They're still fortunate. (Hey, Hanson still make a living from performing, even if they now do it in relative obscurity.) But I wouldn't count on Disney dropping them...since despite the image destruction provided by their Disney affiliation, the Jonases still outsell most other artists these days. They've sold 1 million tickets for the first half of their 2009 world tour...I think they'll be fine.

But they do deserve more respect for being as talented and hardworking as they are. And they'd be lucky to have a break...they've been touring since they were 12, 15 and 17. (4 years)”

“Well, whatever. I've liked the Jonases since I first heard them in 2006, and I still do. They are great live (concert live, not TV show performance live - those are only great when the artists lipsync - truly - ie. Phoenix on SNL), I've seen them play acoustic, improvise - they are musicians. I tend to think their inability to reach Hannah Montana sales heights is their LACK of plasticness - because the pop music world is harder on guys in the mass market these days (unlike the good old 80s) and the fact that they are simply better than the stuff that sits on the top of the charts. Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift? I'd rather flunk out of the Top 40 with the rest of the best musicians going - so why do we mock them for proving that's the way things go?

I'm not sure what people's issue is with the Jonas Brothers. They ARE talented; they make somewhat shameless, throwbacky, sincere pop music but they do it well, and it's natural. It also happens to be easy to take advantage of from a Disney's marketer's perspective. Their music is pretty clean, easy-to-consume for kids and families but that doesn't make it generic. They are unique compared to what else has been offered kids since the 70s, really. They are nothing sonically like R&B, syncro-dancing boybands, I think, to their credit.”

“Great piece.

Though for the record, while the Jonases are very sold out, my well-versed opinion is that they are actually >>> than Death Cab. LOL. Just to clarify where the analogy with the parties breaks down.”

“That photo is from at least 4 years ago, and who knows the context? It looks pretty idiotic but it certainly didn’t happen “in the wake” of Miley’s dumbness. Give me a break. The Jonases have FAMILY members who are Asian.”

“I am a big Jonas fan...isn't the overkill kind of already here? Their press this week has been abysmal. It's really too bad, I don't think they deserve it at all - towards their music or their personalities - but they can't seem to avoid press but for getting the worst kind. Strikes me as very unfair, but it's like an avalanche of popular adult opinion giving them thumbs down. Bummer.”

“I haven't watched this show in its entirety in 12 years. I must admit I tuned in because of the Jonas Brothers. I found them totally charming and capable in their appearances and performances. And Alec Baldwin is a loveable pro.

But the rest of it? Painful. I really wanted to like it. But something was missing. Way too much resorting to cheap sex humor. Tired boomer-pandering which also relied on cheap jokes about humping people. Sorry, lame-brained stuff all around.”

“I'd bet their MouseHouse people put the kibosh on it.”

“A little bitter are we?

I found them funny and charming. Their sketches were aimed towards being acceptable for their audiences, but they were good. Newsflash: you thought they fell flat because you irrationally hate these guys based on false preconceived notions.

And they are most definitely a real band. Those "real musicians in back" are members of their band...they are all around the same age (mid-20s and younger) and they have been part of the band since 2005. The music those boys WRITE requires that number of instruments to achieve the sound, and they can't play multiple instruments they would play in the studio at once, on stage. This is nothing new, and it doesn't constitute fakery. They managed the weak SNL soundstage well by toning it down a little, they sounded good. Sorry if you don't want to admit it. It's mostly young guys who consistently feel this way, I've noticed, so it must be a rational opinion then, right? LOL. Right.”

“You care enough to HATE them?

I've followed this band for a few years and they aren't manufactured, nor are they terrible.

Geez, kneejerk reaction much?”

“Ooh...but you lost me in the beginning because the Jonas Brothers are so awesome. Everything else stinks, though. Agree.”

“So, so spot on, as usual.

I actually told myself that I would stop accepting the status quo of getting through the day to day after this election...and lo and behold in the weeks since I have found myself returning to church and developing my role in my community, and looking for a less cushy and more useful role in the workforce than the one I currently hold (going from a quiet, ineffective nonprofit into the urban public school system).

It's not so much that it feels imperative, it just feels like time.”

“Amen - absolutely!!!”

“We're a mixed family too, and I feel EXACTLY the same way in Obama offices and rallies. This is what America is becoming, and we should be PROUD! We can be a model for the world through unity, tolerance,and hard work towards other such human progress.

Yes We Can! 'See you' at the polls!”

“The media has covered Acorn extensively! Just not in the inaccurate way that they are talking about it.”

“Actually, the most common refrain I've heard around my town is, "KEEP TALKING, PALIN!" Themore she opens her mouth, the higher our poll numbers go.”

“That was NOT Bristol at the Flyers game. It was Willow.”