Cry Me a River
Oprah Winfrey was denied entry into a Hermes store in Paris 15 minutes after it had closed. I hate the sense of entitlement that celebrities have. For Oprah to be angry that she was unable to go shopping at a store after it had closed just goes to show you that celebrities in our society have way too much power.
Read the story here.
posted by Jenny G @ 8:55 AM
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See, now, I think I have to disagree with that. I guess I shouldn't say "disagree" because everyone has his/her own opinion. But sometimes I find it strange that other people think celebs have too much power. I guess I just don't understand. To me it's only logical that celebs have the power that they have. I would probably open my store up for business any day of the week for Oprah, because I could potentially make more money off her than the average person.
I see your point; I guess I just have trouble with the whole celebrity thing in general. Why should Oprah make more than 1000 times what a brain surgeon makes in the first place? Or 4500 times what a 35-year veteran teacher makes (she made about 225 million last year)? These people pay more for one month's rent than I make in a year. I think our society's priorities are screwed up.
Yes, I appreciate what they do (for the most part), but I don't think they deserve all that they get.
why couldn't she just pitch up during normal opening hours anyway?
and she wanted special shopping privileges, why didn't she call ahead?
actually, you know what? i plain DON'T CARE
Eh, whatever Oprah. Whatever Hermes. I don't think it's so much a matter of the power of celebrities, as it is a clear illustration of how Oprah has completely normalized being excessively wealthy. She tries to come across as "just folks" I think, but she's not. Not that her damn "favorite things" section in her magazine doesn't also illustrate this point. (My MIL has a subscription.)
I don't think that at all. One thing people say all the time is something like that, like: "Well, a lot of people (i.e. starving kids in Africa, etc.) have it so much worse than you." I want to be like, "Yeah, does that make me feel any better? No. I'm not there, so to me, I don't know how bad it could be, and right now, in my eyes, this is pretty bad!" Other people might deserve those cars more, but, you know, what do you do? It's the way things work. If you have money you get nice cars, because you could afford to go on the show. Money controls almost everything, it's the way America, not to mention most of the world as a whole, works. People should just accept that and move on.
Poor people wouldn't have been able to keep those cars anyway, because of the taxes that had to by paid.
omess, you've been warned. Don't turn into Legato Potato :-)
That should be "be paid," not "by paid."
Oprah giving them the cars is the same thing as hosting a party and giving your guests party favors, sweetheart. Why would you give party favors to people who didn't come to your party?
I was just trying to make a point, the same way that you're obviously trying to make a point. I call everyone "sweetheart," so don't take it personally. I'm from the south, we tend to do that here.
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