R.I.P. Anna Nicole
When a person's death makes the front page of newspapers _ above the fold in the Asbury Park Press today, in the news round-up of the New York Times _ you figure they've accomplished something.
As the Associated Press said of Anna Nicole Smith, who died yesterday at 39, "she was famous for being famous.''
For me, Anna Nicole would have been just an annoying blip except that her disturbing TV reality show marked the beginning of the end of a long friendship. My buddy couldn't get enough of the show, I found it terribly threatening and a sign of American pop culture dragging us irrevocably into the abyss. We fought over his fandom and my disgust _ end of friendship.
'Wonder how many lives Anna Nicole and her weird cultural contribution so affected.
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"Anna Nicole", Nick and Jessica, and even the Survivor series make me very uncomfortable. I agree with you and sorry you lost a friend over it. Our culture is messed up when days upon days of newstime is wasted on the death of a peculiar, very confused young lady.
The torch is now carried by Paris, Britney and Lindsay. Rest in Peace Anna Nicole. I pray the media and our culture will move on, but I doubt it.
But don't you wonder just what propelled her there? I do. This article reminded me that her star rose because of the feud between the Marshall (Texas oil) heirs and Koch Industries (largest privately held company in US).
I'm still not clear on which side might have used her as a tool, and from which point in her bizarre life, but the whole story goes beyond peculiar.
Have you seen the movie Man of the Year? It's kind of funny because it's about a comedian running for office and Al Franken just announced that he's going to run for Senate in Minnesota.
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