what you see

 I feel a little silly this morning. I kept seeing these videos about those attending the Met gala. I feel silly because I really didn't know what the Met gala was all about. What celebrities are doing has never been of much interest to me. They aren't a part of my social network that much is certain. The vast majority of those considered celebrities I have zero interest in meeting, talking to, or associating with in any way. Different world altogether. As I saw some of these posting about these celebrities and what they were wearing to the Met gala I did get curious. Just what the heck is that? I saw someone wearing a piano back pack or something like that. Then I read the gala had a theme, the black dandy. I'm guessing no one is offended by that.

 Well anyway I did go and read about just what the Met gala is supposed to be all about. Turns out, it's a costume party. So that's when I felt silly, that explains a whole lot of what I had seen. This gala is a fund raiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, costume department. Now it makes sense to me. An event where celebrities get to spend ridiculous amounts of money on "costumes" in an effort to impress their friends while giving money to a charity. An event where the more ridiculous you look, the better it is. Then they call it high fashion. Well, okey dokey then. 

  I read where the theme was the black dandy. It was celebrating the propensity of the black people to dress in rather extravagant ways. I had to smile, thinking to myself, how that is a subject I'm not supposed to talk about, it's white supremacy you know, to mention anything like that. I'm old enough to remember when the black folks did "dress up" as a daily thing, the normal thing and took great pride in their outfits. Sharp dressed men and ladies, no doubt about that. I've often wondered what the elderly black folks think of todays styles, with their grandchildren and great grandchildren wearing clothes that look like rags and three sizes too large. Of course, as I said, I'm not supposed to talk about any of that, but its' cool if it is the theme of a gala. 

  The Met gala, a costume party for the very wealthy, those that want to be seen and noticed. I read where Trump wasn't allowed to attend. He had been a regular at that event until he got elected president for the first time. I doubt that he cares, he is well known enough and those folks attending aren't donating anything to him. By all accounts this gala is a big deal in the world of celebrities, the rich and famous. That explains why I didn't know much about it, I'm none of those things. I don't care, I don't like costume parties anyway, not since I was a small child. Cosplay isn't anything I have an interest in. Fitting for movie stars though, as that is their job, being someone other than who they really are. 

  I hope the museum got a lot of money. Museums are good things. I can't but think how much more they may have gotten if those attending just wore their regular clothes and gave the money spent on costumes as well as they regular donation. Well, I suppose that is the point isn't it, to have a costume party to raise money for the preservation of costumes. So this year they were celebrating the black dandy and the "costumes" those people wore. Sounds a bit racist doesn't it? But hey, that doesn't count this time. All of that is conditional, it all depends. What do you see? 

                                                                               

  Colman who?