Brooklyn Museum - Questions re: Who shot rock n roll...

Now, you all know by now that I'm not the type who always needs to be complaining in print. I'd much rather coexist and love life with y'all than the alternative. But there is a time and a place for everything...and right now, i feel like complaining. Now, i've seen my share of the Cadillac Records, Dream Girls, and The Five Heartbeats, and Ray, so I know where rock and roll came from from a Hollywood perspective and beyond. I understand the contributions of greats like Ray Charles, Howlin Wolf and Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, and Etta James, at least on a superficial level. But nowhere in the vault of Brooklyn Museum's exhibit on Who Shot Rock and Roll do they honor Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, or Howlin Wolf. That's sort of to be expected, but what I did not expect was for them to put a sweaty, screamin lookin version of Tina Turner on the cover of their coffee table book and as the exhibit portrait. She looks terrible...for Tina. They had postcards where she was mid performance or posing for the camera where she looked oh so tasteful. My problem with it is this, she's an icon for black females, and for black pop/rock artists. Just as Elvis is an icon for the white rock 'n' roll "movement." But get this, not once, do they show Elvis, who is front and center for much of the exhibit, with as much as a hair out of place. He is perfectly coiffed, debonair, laid back, obviously posing - even his rendition of Heartbreak Hotel was a performance, and calmly if suggestively done with his modified crazy legs basic ass pelvic pump. And the girls go wild. Cat was type smooth. But not once do you see him break a sweat, lose a curl or get too loose...meanwhile Tina is Centerstage lookin like she been on stage for two hours givin her all to the camera and moreover, the fans. the juxtaposition is priceless man. Their heroes, our heroes. Personally, i'm like fuck it, just give Elvis the cover and give Tina two pages, one well done and neat and crisp, the other sweatin and carryin on. Had a whole video of Heartbreak Hotel anyway already....upon first breath in the exhibit...just to set the stage, so to speak.

The portraits of the Beatles were great. The work on Grace Jones was priceless. i wasn't impressed with the Michael Jackson photos, suprisingly - there were less than 8. And how do Biggie, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Salt N Peppa, or Puff Daddy figure into the Rock n Roll equation? Please tell me before I tell someone off. I didn't see Eminem in the equation anywhere - where was that punk rappers portrait. Actually that Momma said knock you out was a real crossover. lemme shut up then. aight i'm off.