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	BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Out of Our Misery Saturday, February 10, 2007 Out of Our Misery So Anna Nicole Smith dropped dead from some sort of mixed drug overdose (no, I'm not going to put in a link) and it's been all over the news the last couple of days. I realize our media and culture is celebrity-obsessed like never before (bread and circuses), and I'm not going to join the crowd bemoaning the intensive coverage of this meaningless event while important news from Iraq goes ignored, but seriously... WTF? I had no idea why she was in the news the last year or so with her baby daddy drama and overdosing son and other crap, and I have no idea why anyone cares that she's dead. Was anyone actually an Anna Nicole Smith fan? What had she ever done in her entire life to be worthy of anyone's admiration or attention? She was a trailer park blonde who stripped and had some amazing success gold-digging a senile oil tycoon, then achieved a moment of infamy 15 years ago in jeans ads and plus-size Playboy pictorials. True, in a world where reality TV stars become celebrities based on being stupid or frequently nude, Anna had more credentials to fame than most, but my god I was sick of hearing her name. I'm relieved she's dead, frankly, in the same way I would (will) be relieved if (when) it's Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan or Pete Doherty or any of the other overexposed, talentless, junkie whores who so undeservedly dominate our pop culture. True, their deaths come with a price; greatly-increased media coverage for a few days, but then they're quickly forgotten, aside from inevitable melodramatic TV movies and annual retrospectives on E! and VH1. Sadly, the real tragedy is that unless/until our culture changes, our parasitic bottom-feeding media will continue along the same track, and less time spent on Anna Nicole Smith just means more time spent on other, equally-loathsome "celebrities." Remind me of this in six months when I'm lamenting the media coverage of Paris Hilton's latest engagement, or Lindsey Lohan's latest overdose. Labels: celebs, death Posted by: Flux # 4:49 AM Comments: The sad part is that I haven't turned the TV on in a week. (I have seen some DVDs.) Imagine how annoyed I'd be if I were subjected to ANS news anywhere other than gossip blogs, where I can simply scroll past the items in a second? #: 5:08 AM posted by Flux Post a Comment << Home Archives May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2012

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