LA Times Today: How ‘In Defense of Whitney Houston’ reframes her diva story
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With a voice and a look that had people calling her “the prom queen of soul,” Whitney Houston swept a generation.
But that success and that image came at a cost, forcing Houston to minimize a lot of things about herself, leading to a lot of ridicule and a tragic end.
In the new book “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: in Defense of Whitney Houston,” music critic Gerrick Kennedy examined Houston’s legacy and how American culture has evolved in the time since her death.
But that success and that image came at a cost, forcing Houston to minimize a lot of things about herself, leading to a lot of ridicule and a tragic end.
In the new book “Didn’t We Almost Have It All: in Defense of Whitney Houston,” music critic Gerrick Kennedy examined Houston’s legacy and how American culture has evolved in the time since her death.