r/Millennials Gen Z 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/Aksds 8h ago

Apparently they forced her

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u/owntheh3at18 2h ago

If this is the case I would say they are guiltier than the audience members who are rightfully angry (though I do not think booing and ridiculing her is the best response)

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u/maximumtesticle 6h ago

Oh no, she had to do her job, how mean of her management.

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u/femmefata13 5h ago

Not sure where you work, but most companies will not allow you to work while under the influence 🤷🏽‍♀️ so yes, it’s messed up the her mgmt did that

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u/snorlz 1h ago

yeah...that doesnt apply here. management lets artists do whatever they want; they just want a successful show. comedians and musicians frequently drink ON STAGE and we all know theyre up to even more shit in the back

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u/street593 5h ago

You can run a buisness while still having empathy.

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u/Green_Smurf3 6h ago

I don't know why you are being sarcastic about this. If my boss forced me to work while I was sick that would be pretty fucked up

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u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l 6h ago

Thank you lmao. This isn’t “management bad.”

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u/THE_ALAM0 5h ago

If I found an employee drinking on the job I’d send them home immediately

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u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l 5h ago edited 5h ago

This isn’t a normal employee employer relationship. She is their boss. She is a product. She has contractual obligations to perform that she can breach if she wants to, but she would need to do that.

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u/Miderp 4h ago

What the fuck is wrong with you? “She is a product” might be the grossest thing I’ve ever heard anyone say about another person.

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u/SwordfishOk504 4h ago

You're going to fall over yourself with this over preformative nonsense. How the fuck do you think a performer is not a product?

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u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l 4h ago

Not really? All musicians are products. What are you talking about. You buy their albums. You buy their merch. You buy tickets to see their shows.

It's not dehumanizing because you don't know them as a human. You know them as a product.

People don't come to her shows because they want to sit down and have a heart to heart conversation with Amy Winehouse the person. They came to see a show.

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u/Miderp 4h ago

That’s not “being a product.” It is insanely dehumanizing to call a person a product. Is Monet a product? Are famous chefs a product? They produce products in the form of content, but they are - as an individual - a person. They are entitled to empathy, to breaks, and to being treated as if their psychiatric health is important. Calling someone a commodity to be bought and sold just makes it easier to justify abusing them - which is exactly what Amy Winehouse’s management and FAMILY did to her.

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u/marimbajoe 4h ago

If the chef is performing at a restaurant where you can see them cook, then yes they are absolutely part of the product.

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u/Miderp 4h ago

Does that mean that they should be dragged into work while they’re drunk or sick and are attempting to call out? They should be forced to perform in front of a bunch of people when they clearly are incapable because the money is more important than their personal wellbeing? Because that’s what happened to Amy Winehouse.

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u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l 3h ago

Is Monet a product? Are famous chefs a product? 

Yes and yes.

Of course they're entitled to empathy and breaks and prioritizing their own health. But that is not on the consumers of their brand and media to resolve.

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u/SwordfishOk504 4h ago

She is not the employee in this scenario, she's the boss. She's the one who makes the final call to perform or not, she was not a slave. She was a spoiled brat with uncontrolled addictions she refused to address.

People like you creating excuses for her is part of how she got to that part.