Dazed and Confused

Britney is such a good actress, she got herself a slot on Will and Grace... Heh, I actually thought that show was done--but I thought the same of Brit, too.

Well, I feel somewhat vindicated and I guess my calls for Oprah to lighten up and accusations that she has ruined someone must have gotten through to her--either that, or she wants her bitchiness to match her empire's fortune. Seems the Queen of Media will have James Frey back on her show tomorrow. You might ask, rightfully so, why on earth he would even go back after last week--and I have to remind you that the man is an addict.

The thought occurred to me that this is a coup designed by Oprah and Frey... but that would be too, too un-Oprah like. She has a cult following she doesn't dare ruin. But they will clamour for her to grant her wand of forgivenness upon Frey and let this mess wash away.

Which brings me to Oprah's messiah appeal... in discussing with a friend today, she was alarmed by the Oprah-Frey ordeal, but is also a big Oprah fan and was trying to determine how to reconcil the two issues. We all have people we look up to in the media. For me, Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan are two. I have never agreed with everything they have written or done, but it doesn't change the fact that I have a great admiration and respect for each of them--in part, because I don't always agree with them. I find it hard to respect someone that I don't disagree with on some level. It is through disagreement and conflict that we not only learn who we are, but who others are as well. I'm not talking screaming arguments--you don't even have to argue at all; sometimes, silence is the most effective rhetorical tool one can use. Ahhh... if only more people did...