tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post113701439254406155..comments2023-10-03T10:15:21.685-04:00Comments on Primetime Nonsense: On FreyBrett E. Lassoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13124852247012543478noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137350528869820602006-01-15T13:42:00.000-05:002006-01-15T13:42:00.000-05:00I know what you mean about that dreaded Oprah Book...I know what you mean about that dreaded Oprah Book Club stamp. I can't stand it. I happen to like Toni Morrison a lot, but I hate the fact that she sucks up to Oprah as often as she does. <BR/><BR/>Do you remember what happened to Jonathan Franzen when his novel, The Correctons, was chosen for Oprah's book club? Read about it here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.complete-review.com/quarterly/vol3/issue1/oprah.htmMattydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019528960444880507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137203692762117362006-01-13T20:54:00.000-05:002006-01-13T20:54:00.000-05:00I've not read the book myself. In any event, it's ...I've not read the book myself. In any event, it's a given that a lot of writers who pen their own memoirs or exploits of any sort, take poetic license. How far you decide to embellish becomes the big issue.<BR/>It seems that Mr. Frey decided to distort the details of his life, perhaps not anticipating becoming a member of Oprah's esteemed book club.<BR/>Not taking anything away from Frey and not "hating" on him either, but I think I'll take a pass. <BR/>I usually do, whenever I see Oprah's ubiquitous book club stamp prominently displayed on the cover of any book.TiffJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781893986200397664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137112538958982532006-01-12T19:35:00.000-05:002006-01-12T19:35:00.000-05:00This is all very good news for me. I've had a cou...This is all very good news for me. I've had a couple friends try to get me to read this book, which hasn't appealed to me at all. I'm always distrustful of anything that receives too much praise. Now i can just dismiss it was a farce.Mattydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14019528960444880507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137093108299858172006-01-12T14:11:00.000-05:002006-01-12T14:11:00.000-05:00Yeah, in retrospect I feel kind of silly. However,...Yeah, in retrospect I feel kind of silly. However, I do find it reasonably confusing that TSG admist they couldn't get an interview with Frey and then says they spoke with him and he admitted to the problem. Fishy.Brett E. Lassoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13124852247012543478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137088492208675712006-01-12T12:54:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:54:00.000-05:00whoops. the above is a link to your boy on CNN wi...whoops. the above is a link to your boy on CNN with the literary icon larry king. check him out. he sort of acknowledges the bullshit problem. and sort of doesn't. <BR/>let your readers draw their own conclusions, i say.Printer's Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925651308911062725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137088407214716002006-01-12T12:53:00.000-05:002006-01-12T12:53:00.000-05:00http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/v...http://www.cnn.com/video/player/player.html?url=/video/bestoftv/2006/01/11/larry.king.wednesday.cnn&wm=10Printer's Devilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925651308911062725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16528882.post-1137037471568774652006-01-11T22:44:00.000-05:002006-01-11T22:44:00.000-05:00The point of "Colin" wasn't Frey's website comment...The point of "Colin" wasn't Frey's website comments, but his remarks to The Smoking Gun in their interviews, in which he admits that their side of the story (he being in jail for several hours and paying a fine rather than, say, staying for three months) was the correct one. The article was long, but it's in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com