God Adam, you're even more cynical than I am. I don't think they're that smart...
Adam Maas wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 10:15 PM, ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Bob W wrote: >> >> >>> WRT the earlier brief discussion about the fuss in Australia over some >>> pictures of children, here is a fascinating article by Aussie babe >>> Germaine Greer about Annie Leibovitz's cover photo of someone I've >>> never previously heard of, Miley Cyrus: >>> >>> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/photography/story/0,,2276876,00.html >>> >>> This article is followed by 2 others which discuss AL's star-spangled >>> descent into kitsch. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Bob, if you lived on this side of the pond you would not have ben able >> to avoid hearing about this if you >> read the papers and or watched the news... >> >> hard to believe LIebowitz was so stupid given MIley Cyrus's fame as an >> innocent little teeny bopper. >> and it got the young lady in a lot of hot water, too. >> >> ann >> >> > > I suspect that it was a manufactured controversy, and that Leibowitz > was the unlucky patsy. Cyrus's parents are no doubt aware that her > career as a teenybopper star has hit its best-before date and that she > had to update her reputation to something more interesting to teens > than pre-teens in order to keep her in the spotlight (and the income). > Disney on the other hand doesn't want to lose a proven moneymaker > until her stock actually tanks. > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
