Fave Random Tweet July 7

On the day of the celebration of Michael Jackson's life at Staples Center, Sir Twitalot has found his fave random tweet from compassionate actor and entertainment industry icon

levarburton

Why, today of all days, would Corey Feldman dress up like Michael???


YES A PHOTO OF LEVAR THAT ISN'T FROM STAR TREK OR READING RAINBOW!

The social media today has been nothing but a flurry of prayers, tears, thanks, and sarcasms about Michael and the event. (CNN.com even had a facebook status crawl next to the show!)

So you had to be special and random to get Sir Twitalot to fave your tweet today.

And so it is this one, by Mr. Burton because 1) he was at the event in person, and 2) it was an honest reaction that I think most people would have to seeing Corey Feldman dressed up as such, and 3) it reminds us of the bright eyed, bushy tailed young Corey Feldman (not the older Hollywood casualty) and his innocent friendship with Michael back in the 1980s.

Also, while Levar is not of the Judaic persuasion like Sammy Davis Jr.

Levar did get a certain tone in his query, one that recalls the Jewish holiday of Passover with its repetitive questioning of "Why on this night...., and Why on this night...." For why on this day did Corey Feldman dress up like Michael???

Sir Twitalot believes it has to do with how as a culture are remembering Michael, not as the tragic figure of recent years, but the shining musical star that he was, when the spotlight had not shown his damage in such high relief. And so Corey's fragile child star psyche, caught up in that remembrance, remembered his time before he was happy to make SAG minimum on The Surreal Life on VH1.

Congrats Levar for tweeting our fave of the day!

And for those who worry, I think the children seem much better adjusted than some of the adults around them. Well, I am concerned about Blanket's bug out eyes, but that was on the Staples stage, so we'll cut the kid some slack.

Fave Random Tweet - June 26

Fave Random Tweet June 26th 2009

In the day following Michael Jackson's death, one can be sure the twittosphere is filled with many thoughts on him - grief, wishes for a positive afterlife, derision about his recent troubles. But what tweet would stand out for Sir Twitalot?

Well friends, it was this one:

DebAsrate

I can't explain how much I regret not going to Neverland when I could.


Sir Twitalot finds this random tweet to encompass so much using so little.

Poetic - The Tweet has a definite rhythm with which it needs to be read.

Emotion - The frustration at debastrate's inability to explain her deep and vast regrets mixes with the fun she can only imagine. It touches us all in the places we have where we regret not having done something.


Personal Connect with History - She had a chance to actually go to Neverland. She appears to have been a child at an age when going to Neverland seemed to be a marvelous adventure. (Or perhaps she didn't go because it was in the news by then.)

Fantastical - She doesn't refer to his music as most tweeters have. She refers to another creation, one of Michael's that sought to perpetuate childhood. An iconic place from fantasy literature that Michael tried to bring into reality by naming his ranch, Neverland.

This is a tweet in a vast morass of 140 character moaning, eulogizing, deriding that we feel did a lot.

Instead of Beat It, debastrate knew she had to Tweet It today. And she did.