MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
07-31-17 | 05:32 PM
#1
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
So they still have an awards show when they don't play music videos and now this?
https://www.yahoo.com/music/mtv-chan...144508151.html
In addition to some modified categories at this year's MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced a major change on how they will refer to their iconic trophy. In a new interview, MTV president Chris McCarthy said the iconic "Moonman" is out, and the "Moon Person" is in.
"Why should it be a man?" McCarthy told the New York Times. "It could be a man, it could be a woman, it could be transgender, it could be nonconformist."
The move comes after MTV eliminated gender-specific categories at both their refurbished MTV Movie & TV Awards and the upcoming Video Music Awards; the network replaced Best Male Video and Best Female Video with the new Artist of the Year award.
At the MTV Movie & TV Awards, the Best Actor in a Show and Best Actor in a Movie categories included both male and female nominees, with Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown and Beauty and the Beast's Emma Watson winning the awards.
"The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience," Watson said during her acceptance speech. "Acting is about the ability to put yourself into someone else's shoes – and that doesn't have to be separated into two different categories."
McCarthy also revealed that MTV is currently developing a reality series showed We Are They about a group of gender-nonconforming young adults' coming-of-age moments.
Additionally, McCarthy detailed the network's plan to revive Total Request Live, which MTV initially announced in April. TRL will officially return to the network's studio overlooking Times Square in October, with a rotating cast of five co-hosts replacing stalwart Carson Daly. The show will air daily for an hour, but McCarthy hopes the program expands to two or three hours as it finds its footing.
"Why should it be a man?" McCarthy told the New York Times. "It could be a man, it could be a woman, it could be transgender, it could be nonconformist."
The move comes after MTV eliminated gender-specific categories at both their refurbished MTV Movie & TV Awards and the upcoming Video Music Awards; the network replaced Best Male Video and Best Female Video with the new Artist of the Year award.
At the MTV Movie & TV Awards, the Best Actor in a Show and Best Actor in a Movie categories included both male and female nominees, with Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown and Beauty and the Beast's Emma Watson winning the awards.
"The first acting award in history that doesn't separate nominees based on their sex says something about how we perceive the human experience," Watson said during her acceptance speech. "Acting is about the ability to put yourself into someone else's shoes – and that doesn't have to be separated into two different categories."
McCarthy also revealed that MTV is currently developing a reality series showed We Are They about a group of gender-nonconforming young adults' coming-of-age moments.
Additionally, McCarthy detailed the network's plan to revive Total Request Live, which MTV initially announced in April. TRL will officially return to the network's studio overlooking Times Square in October, with a rotating cast of five co-hosts replacing stalwart Carson Daly. The show will air daily for an hour, but McCarthy hopes the program expands to two or three hours as it finds its footing.
https://www.yahoo.com/music/mtv-chan...144508151.html
07-31-17 | 06:07 PM
#2
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Isn't it already pretty neutral? I mean you can't really tell whether it's male or female. It just looks like a space suit. It's not like there's a male face or a big bulge in the pants or something.
07-31-17 | 06:34 PM
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Everything about that paragraph caused vomit to bubble up in my throat.
WTF kind of world are we living in?
WTF kind of world are we living in?
07-31-17 | 07:24 PM
#4
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
If they want to be progressive bring back music videos and music programming.
07-31-17 | 07:27 PM
#5
DVD Talk Legend
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Congratulations virtue signaling sjws morons who run MTV you really have lost your mind.
07-31-17 | 07:35 PM
#6
DVD Talk Legend
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
07-31-17 | 08:00 PM
#7
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Wow. This is, like, the first time in ten years that anyone has cared about the MTV Video Music Awards.
Wait... how long ago was that Kanye West-Taylor Swift thing?
Wait... how long ago was that Kanye West-Taylor Swift thing?
07-31-17 | 09:03 PM
#8
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
I did see a story that MTV was bringing back TRL so there is that in the 'show some music videos MTV" arguemnt
07-31-17 | 11:24 PM
#9
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
It's about time all the non-men who've walked on the moon were recognized.
08-01-17 | 12:43 AM
#10
DVD Talk Reviewer & TOAT Winner
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
I did see a story that MTV was bringing back TRL so there is that in the 'show some music videos MTV" arguemnt
08-01-17 | 03:11 AM
#11
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Wow. This is, like, the first time in ten years that anyone has cared about the MTV Video Music Awards.
Wait... how long ago was that Kanye West-Taylor Swift thing?
Wait... how long ago was that Kanye West-Taylor Swift thing?
They have a new show called Siesta Key for those people nostalgic for crappy shows like Laguna Beach and the Hills.
08-03-17 | 07:06 AM
#12
DVD Talk Legend
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
But, yea, truthfully I could not give less of a shit.
08-03-17 | 10:57 AM
#14
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
With it being MTV, it figures. I can't remember the last time I watched MTV, or VH1. They both show nothing but reality shows and reruns of 90's shows.
08-03-17 | 01:38 PM
#15
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
The statue could very well be the same--I see no mention of it being changed.
I think they're just altering the name of it. Presenters will simply alter the script from "And the moonman goes to..." to "And the moonperson goes to..."
Oscar is still clearly a dude by name, yet very smooth down there.
I think they're just altering the name of it. Presenters will simply alter the script from "And the moonman goes to..." to "And the moonperson goes to..."
Oscar is still clearly a dude by name, yet very smooth down there.
08-04-17 | 10:49 AM
#16
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Isn't the moon-"man" already gender neutral anyway? It's not like female astronauts get a different form fitting space suit.
08-04-17 | 11:03 AM
#17
Moderator
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
This is a bit silly given that the old statue was already gender neutral, but even sillier is the over-the-top reaction to it.
08-04-17 | 09:18 PM
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Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Marketing ploy. "If we bring attention to it our brand gets out there". MTV hasn't been relevant for so long they are grasping at straws.
08-05-17 | 07:47 AM
#20
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Anyone that is upset (or is faux-upset) deserves MTV.
08-05-17 | 10:27 AM
#21
DVD Talk Hero
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
That actually wasn't what I was saying at all. Just nauseated MTV has to jump on the tumblr bandwagon and make some hollow proclamation about gender-neutrality to appease the new generation who think every superhero team is gay and every trans person is a hero.
But, yea, truthfully I could not give less of a shit.
But, yea, truthfully I could not give less of a shit.
08-08-17 | 07:11 PM
#23
Banned by request
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
Nah, must be those mythical SJWs who control all of American culture in 2017.
08-08-17 | 09:56 PM
#24
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: MTV changing the iconic Moonman Statue to a Gender-Neutral Award
The fuck is an SJW?
08-08-17 | 10:13 PM
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DVD Talk Hero