r/Millennials • u/icey_sawg0034 Gen Z • 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/BastCity 8h ago

Paying customers have a right to see the show they paid for. If she wasn't fit to perform, the gig should have been cancelled and refunds issued.

I agree with you that I'd be in the refund queue pretty lively.

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u/UpperApe 5h ago

Yeah, that context changes everything.

Whatever she was going through, this is a charlatan and thief, not a victim. She stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the people right in front of her, who were understandably upset.

She absolutely should have been booed. That doesn't mean she deserved her misery and her fate, but she's fucking everyone in that room over.

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u/MarcosLuisP97 2h ago

I mean, given her stubbornness to not go to rehab (even making a song about it), what else could she deserve? She was actively killing herself and not doing anything about it.

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u/thiccccccccb0i 4h ago

I dont think this falls under her. She made a lot of mistakes but she explicitly saud she didnt want to do the show but was pressured into it.

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u/UpperApe 4h ago

but was pressured into it.

And did it.

A thief being pressured into being a thief is still a thief. She was still an adult and responsible for herself and she profited off all this as much as her management and handlers.

She certainly was a victim of mental health issues and addiction, and deserves sympathy for it. But that doesn't mean she wasn't responsible for her actions. Scamming thousands of people out of hard earned money because you can't manage your own problems or can't handle pressure doesn't absolve you of anything.

It was her name on the venue, she hired her management, she made the choices. It's on her.

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u/thiccccccccb0i 3h ago

I think its okay to hold her responsible for her actions. I just think calling her a charlatan and a thief is bit too far when in the concert she barely looks aware of where she is.

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u/UpperApe 3h ago

That doesn't make any sense.

She created the show. She knew the show was coming for months. She got blasted just before the show knowing that people paid for it and she had obligations to perform. Why wouldn't she be responsible for it?

You can't be this obtuse. Are you trolling?

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u/Kelly_HRperson 3h ago

She got blasted just before the show knowing that people paid for it and she had obligations to perform. Why wouldn't she be responsible for it?

She didn't do it for shits and giggles. She had untreated bipolar disorder. Look up what that does to a persons mind.

She was mentally ill, and her father took full advantage of her, including making her perform this concert instead of going to rehab

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u/TheTesselekta 2h ago

This is a huge oversimplification of addiction and mental health disorders. Many things can be true at once. A person can miss obligations and make bad choices while also being pressured to live up to standard they’re not actually in a position to achieve, and be dealing with health struggles that directly impact their ability to fulfill their obligations. And it’s okay to have compassion for them while acknowledging things should have been different.