^all respect man but I think you're 100% wrong. Whitney singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl in 91 is practically a defining moment of my childhood. many people round here are very open about their love for mainstream R&B. the indie music press embraced it a long, long time ago. it seems like you're stuck in some weird perpetual 1996 where none of that happened. also, speaking personally, I wasn't intimately aware of all her personal problems over the years b/c I don't pay much attention to celebrity antics in general but I can still have empathy + mourn the loss of a great, great talent.
+ what's up with that bitter self-righteousness? oh well I guess it's your prerogative.