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hokie1 said: I think they just kind of assumed that that hurt him.
As a strategist, Prince's 'name change' was a brilliant move, no doubt. I mean in essence, the general idea is nothing new, bankrupts and many business savvy people change names and juggle accounts regularly. I think the thing that made it different in Princes case, is that it wasn't an underhanded tactic. In fact it was quite public, and in a way in which Prince thought it would b most beneficial 4 him, and supposedly 2 other artists in the industry who may suffer the same fate, at the hands of record companies. Big business is full of calculated risks and the management of those risks is the key 2 success. So in scrawling the word 'slave' on his face leading up 2 his name change, Prince was taking a calculated risk. He surely thought long and hard b4 doing so. How would it b recieved, by the record companies, his fans, and the general public at large? Would it get him sympathy votes amongst the public and his peers? Would people understand the comparison and what he was trying 2 say? Might any1 b offended? Whatever the case, he was leaving himself wide open 2 public scrutiny. Nobody assumed that Prince was hurting. Prince was telling everybody he was hurting, and he was doing so in a BIG way... | |
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christos7 said: hokie1 said: I think they just kind of assumed that that hurt him.
As a strategist, Prince's 'name change' was a brilliant move, no doubt. I mean in essence, the general idea is nothing new, bankrupts and many business savvy people change names and juggle accounts regularly. I think the thing that made it different in Princes case, is that it wasn't an underhanded tactic. In fact it was quite public, and in a way in which Prince thought it would b most beneficial 4 him, and supposedly 2 other artists in the industry who may suffer the same fate, at the hands of record companies. Big business is full of calculated risks and the management of those risks is the key 2 success. So in scrawling the word 'slave' on his face leading up 2 his name change, Prince was taking a calculated risk. He surely thought long and hard b4 doing so. How would it b recieved, by the record companies, his fans, and the general public at large? Would it get him sympathy votes amongst the public and his peers? Would people understand the comparison and what he was trying 2 say? Might any1 b offended? Whatever the case, he was leaving himself wide open 2 public scrutiny. Nobody assumed that Prince was hurting. Prince was telling everybody he was hurting, and he was doing so in a BIG way... Very interesting perspective. Great points made!  | |
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That would make him the most handsomely paid martyr in the history of civilization. [Edited 9/22/06 18:39pm] | |
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