Raises wrist to mouth.
We’ve got another one. Caucasian male. Sunglasses. Straight Dope message board.
Disappears
Her audience isn’t a bunch of idiots?
No, her audience isn’t a bunch of idiots, Boyo. Some are, some aren’t. You can tell by their names.
Has anyone noticed how many times her name shows up during her show? Just do a count. And yes, Harpo Studios counts too!
And wouldn’t you feel a little silly putting your own photo on the cover of your magazine every month?
She has earned the right to sing her own praises though, and maybe she didn’t have anyone to give her the praise she needed when she was growing up. She’s strong and that’s good. And she’s helped others – especially women – to be stronger.
She’s also taken the wrong direction a few times. We all have. We just don’t all affect zazillions of people when we mess up.
ETA: I forgot to say that I knew her when she was in high school, but not well.
Is there really an Adam’s Ribs on Michigan Avenue?
That’s part of the marketing strategy thought. It’s not silly, it’s necessary. The entire schtick is that it’s Oprah, and Oprah is Oprah who is wonderful because she’s Oprah.
If they let down on the Oprah-as-Goddess bit for an instant, the consumers might see there’s no particular reason to listen to what the woman has to say. In fact, it has to be constanty increased. An Oprah Network is likely not far away.
She’s done nothing of the sort. Getting people to watch your show and believe your bullshit no more helps them than WalMart helps me by selling me toilet paper. It’s a service, you pay for it, you get what she’s selling, which is simply exposure to Oprah. She does charity work, big deal, so do all rich people. The differences between Oprah and other multimillionaires is that she tells everyone every day through a variety of media that she gives money to charity, whereas most multimillionaires don’t trumpet it so much.
She’s to be commended for being a marketing genius of the first order. There’s no point in pretending it’s anything more than that.
Step back from the Kool Aid pitcher, Zoe.
I heard the Bulls won the Indy 500!
In case you hadn’t seen this:
(by funster/sculptor Daniel Edwards, of “Britney Spears Giving Birth,” “Paris Hilton Autopsy,” etc. fame)
I am completely screwed by this nonsense–thank you for Pitting her. I take the 151 north to get to work and then south to get the train home. The Metra train from Randolph St station. I work in north Lincoln Park–north of the zoo.
How in FUCK am I supposed to get to and from work? Anybody got any ideas? I could wander over to LaSalle and take the 156, like everybody else…
Just when does this start, anyway? I’ve heard Monday and I’ve heard Tuesday. Anybody?
Bueller?
You aren’t serious.
Are you?
Serious? For the 24th anniversary? What in heaven’s name will she do next year?
You can follow the action on Michigan Avenue as the Oprah-One prepares to bring THE TRUTH to the masses!
I think it is already here – isn’t that the Oxygen Network??
Has it actually happened? Not that I’m aware.
Do I seriously think it will? Absolutely.
You guys are way behind the times. They already announced a year and a half ago that Oprah was buying the Discovery Health Network and turning it into the Oprah Winfrey Network or OWN. I remember only because a lot of people were pissed that they couldn’t watch all those surgery shows and “I’m My Own Twin” programming that is currently on Discovery Health. Here is the press release, if you’re interested: http://www.oprah.com/article/pressroom/pressrelease/about_events_announcement
Well, for me at least, it turned out to be a great big nothing. I got off the 151 one block before the detour and then walked to the train station. I hear it’s supposed to be all over by Wednesday AM, so my commute is not messed with anymore.
I will say that everyone out there today (rehearsals?) and the (small) crowd watching all looked like they were having fun and not minding the re-routing of traffic etc. Then again, today was a holiday…
I knew someone would say that, and no. They handle themselves a lot better than most talk show audiences.
Blasphemer! You’ll be smoking a turd in Hell after Oprah finds out about your rant.
And she WILL find out…
Satan, actually.
I think I need that for my living room.