Celebri-spiral™: Enough Already

Our culture is in a celebri-spiral. We're conflicted over our ridiculous, growing celebrity culture consumption via magazines, websites, and TV shows. In 2007, my love/hate conflict made me take to the blog-o-sphere. All writing on this site © Dave Singleton 2009.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

May 24, 2007: Al Gore Takes on Diane Sawyer for Celebri-spiraling

I loved Al Gore's critique of Diane Sawyer's GMA interview this week. He started it by saying to her, "Listen to your questions..." Hysterical.

When she asked him about the other personalities in the race, he replied, "That's not what this is about."

Sawyer admitted she was doing what Gore condemns, comparing the Presidential run to a horse race: "Not to fall into your thesis that the press only wants the horserace of a political campaign, but--"

"But back to the horserace," Gore mocked.

"But back to the horserace!," Sawyer replied, with no trace of sheepishness.

Then she went after his weight after promising to "dig deeper."

"At my peril here, I just want to say one more time. Donna Brazille, your former campaign manager, says 'if he drops 25 to 30 pounds, he's running.' Lost any weight?," Diane asked.

Gore laughed, but you could tell he was annoyed. "I think millions of Americans are in the same struggle I am on that one," he responded, right before he launched into his counter-offensive.

"But listen to your questions. The horserace, the cosmetic parts of this -- look, that's all understandable and natural. But while we're focused on Britney and K-fed and Anna Nicole Smith and all this stuff, meanwhile, very quietly, our country has been making some very serious mistakes that could be avoided if we, the people, including the news media, are involved in a full and vigorous discussion of what our choices are."

Way to go Al! I like him more and more for his bluntness. And, of course, for taking on celebri-spiraling questions from someone who really should know better but doesn't (Diane, Diane, Diane...what are we going to do with you?).

2 Comments:

Blogger The Misanthropic Mormon said...

i'd vote for mr. gore.

i just finished reading 'life the movie: how entertainment conquered reality" and picked up "intimate strangers" based on the author's recommendation.

celebrity skin. ick.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:50:00 PM  
Blogger Dave Singleton said...

Hadn't heard of those. Thanks for recommending. But admit, the disease got ya...lol.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:28:00 PM  

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