The Video Music Awards are no stranger to the types of controversies that can be manufactured during live shows, as attested by all the attention MTV received last year after Madonna kissed Ms. Spears and Christina Aguilera on the show.
But if there wasn't some type of controversy, not as many people would care".
"Any type of controversy would have been poorly timed for them.
That type of controversy might have been easier for writers and producers like Mr. Tolan to ignore in the past.
Real or imagined, that type of controversy would not happen if Wales did not count Blair as an acquaintance.
But the I.P.O. for SKS, one of the field's biggest stock offerings yet, has caused its own type of controversy.
"Anything that's freaky and black is going to have some type of controversy," said Carl Jones, a writer and executive producer of the film.
"I don't want to be mixed up in this type of controversy and physical violence, or even to keep taking the risks associated with this work," McCarthy told Agence France-Presse this weekend.
The selection committee will subject a sport steeped in regional biases to a different type of controversy, although one that will likely die down a bit now that there will be semifinal and final games.
While a beauty pageant is no reflection on the education received at such institutions, the attention that this type of controversy receives does little to boost the image of HBCUs, many of which are struggling financially and are under pressure to merge with white schools.
