All Hail "Da Kang": An Introduction to the Critical Companion to Being Bobby Brown

Everybody wants to know what's going down, with not the James, not the Jim, but Bobby Brown... Let's face it: Bobby Brown is the king of R&B, a musical genius, and soon-to-be reality television show star with the debut of his upcoming Bravo series, Being Bobby Brown.

As dedicated "old school" fans, we thought it more than aposite to create a web log dedicated to "Da Kang." Such an exercise shall undoubtedly contribute to the critical discourse on Bobby Brown and his undeniable importance to popular culture, music, and the elevation of black people in the United States.

With that in mind, we seek to participate in a tripartite conversation between the personality chix©, experienced critics of popular culture, and budding African American public intellectuals, in which we critically engage and analyze Mr. Brown's life as it is articulated on his Bravo series.

This project has several aims:

- To show our unflagging support of the entertainment entity that is Bobby Brown & Whitney Houston

- To provide an in-depth analysis of the niggafication of the Bravo channel by one Bobby Brown

- To consider how the aforemetioned niggafication subsumes and/or consumes the seemingly homo-centrified core of the Bravo network's programming

- To analyze how the divafied spouse of "Da Kang," namely Whitney Houston, complicates and/or nuances the locus of the show (read: Do we get to see her in rehab?).

We encourage you to tease out, problematize, and put pressure on any and all aspects of our analyses. Mostly, we urge you to critically observe the show. You'll laugh. You'll cry. But (what's) most important(ly): you'll grow!

Sincerely,
personality chix©
(Fecundmellow, Nahmix, and Safire)