Remember that VMA-nominated director Josh Forbes who was forced to crowdfund his $450-$800 ticket to the illustrious MTV ceremony? Well, he managed to afford attending the show, but he still had a shitty, shitty time. Though he normally makes under-the-radar music videos and zombie movies, this dude hit the jackpot when Walk The Moon's annoying-as-hell-but-I-still-sing-along "Shut Up And Dance" shot to the top of the charts. He directed that video, and it was nominated for Best Rock Video, so that's why he wanted to attend the show at all.
The Daily Beast reported on his original snub, and now they've let him write an entire first-person essay about his horrible time. The whole thing is a whiny stream-of-consciousness string of complaints about this party -- that he got to attend for free after all -- and it reads exactly how you would expect a first-person essay from a B-list director who is trying to go viral to read.
Some choice excerpts:
Free booze and food! I order a whiskey and Diet Coke. The “food” consists primarily of nachos, candy and popcorn. For $1300 I assumed we’d be eating nigiri off the naked body of Kate Middleton, but it looks like we’ll have to make do.
Peak luxury, eating off a woman's naked body. But Forbes is just getting started.
Miley shows up. She rolls out of a rainbow butthole dressed like a Sabado Gigante hoochie and pulls off a pair of multi-colored, furry sleeves, revealing the arms of an eight-year-old boy. She commends some shirtless creep for fucking up the moon man statue. Can we talk about this for a second? How bummed would you be to get one of these things? A peace sign? Really?
I wasn't a fan of Miley's performance as a host either, but hoochie? Is this 1950? Also, shirtless creep = Jeremy Scott.
It continues:
They call up Kanye West for the Vanguard Award. When he appears on stage, the crowd goes bonkers. Everyone stands up. It’s like the Second Coming. He’s dressed like he just snuck out of desert space prison but nobody seems to care.
Definitely no issues with saying an iconic black artist is dressed like he snuck out of prison.
https://twitter.com/bestjoshforbes/status/638272054572089344
You can read the whole piece here.
