Comments on: I’m sorry, Angelina, but this is too much http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/06/08/im-sorry-angelina-but-this-is-too-much/ Reporter & Producer Thu, 10 May 2012 22:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/06/08/im-sorry-angelina-but-this-is-too-much/#comment-96 Anna Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:06:36 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=584#comment-96 Jina, have you ever read Marina Hyde in The Guardian? She's fabulous for various reasons - steely intelligence, wonderful writing, devastatingly withering wit; I don't know why I've never thought to hook the two of you up before. She has a weekly "Life in Showbiz" column which is unmissable, but, more to the point, she has just written a book about "celebrity" and it has a fantastic section on the phenomenon you discuss. Most hilariously, celebrity ambassadors - Leonardo di Caprio "holding talks" with Shimon Peres. The Guardian copyright on the excerpt they published has expired, but I urge you to track it down if you can! http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/marinahyde+lifeandstyle/celebrity Jina, have you ever read Marina Hyde in The Guardian? She's fabulous for various reasons - steely intelligence, wonderful writing, devastatingly withering wit; I don't know why I've never thought to hook the two of you up before. She has a weekly "Life in Showbiz" column which is unmissable, but, more to the point, she has just written a book about "celebrity" and it has a fantastic section on the phenomenon you discuss. Most hilariously, celebrity ambassadors - Leonardo di Caprio "holding talks" with Shimon Peres. The Guardian copyright on the excerpt they published has expired, but I urge you to track it down if you can! http://www.guardian.co.uk/...hyde+lifeandstyle/celebrity

]]> By: jina http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/06/08/im-sorry-angelina-but-this-is-too-much/#comment-95 jina Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:56:02 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=584#comment-95 But is all attention to the problem equal, Diana? And what is the problem? Jolie's not a journalist, and I'm sure TIME didn't impose that standard on her, but hers is another "article" that lacks political context. I'm gonna hit that political context problem later this week, I hope... But I'm not sure all attention is the right attention. Though I'm so unsure that I'll probably change my mind about this tomorrow. But is all attention to the problem equal, Diana? And what is the problem? Jolie's not a journalist, and I'm sure TIME didn't impose that standard on her, but hers is another "article" that lacks political context. I'm gonna hit that political context problem later this week, I hope... But I'm not sure all attention is the right attention. Though I'm so unsure that I'll probably change my mind about this tomorrow.

]]> By: Diana Brown http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/06/08/im-sorry-angelina-but-this-is-too-much/#comment-94 Diana Brown Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:22:05 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=584#comment-94 First, I am way older than you are, so my first thought is, - 'let her vent' and my second thought is about what a great way you have with words. But then I read your piece again, and I am sorry, but I just think that the point should be attention on the problem, no matter who makes it. If you do have any beef that one can stick a fork into- it would be with Time Magazine. But hey, I almost never read Time and I always read your pieces and your blog. That being said, this is your blog and I am glad to read it and hear what you have to say, always. First, I am way older than you are, so my first thought is, - 'let her vent' and my second thought is about what a great way you have with words. But then I read your piece again, and I am sorry, but I just think that the point should be attention on the problem, no matter who makes it. If you do have any beef that one can stick a fork into- it would be with Time Magazine. But hey, I almost never read Time and I always read your pieces and your blog.

That being said, this is your blog and I am glad to read it and hear what you have to say, always.

]]> By: Deontologist http://www.jinamoore.com/2009/06/08/im-sorry-angelina-but-this-is-too-much/#comment-93 Deontologist Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:25:57 +0000 http://jinamoore.com/?p=584#comment-93 I definitely agree, but I think it's a mistake to only focus on the media's role in perpetuating the it's-not-a-crisis-unless-celebrities-say-so mindset. In addition to magazines like TIME, some Darfur advocacy leaders also buy into the cult of celebrity activism and constantly try to recruit celebrities to peddle their pet causes. While celebrity endorsement can certainly be helpful in advocacy, it can sometimes be detrimental when all an advocacy leader seems to do is chase celebrities around all day. http://savedarfuraccountabilityproject.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/5-ways-john-prendergast-could-help-darfuris-other-than-fasting/ I definitely agree, but I think it's a mistake to only focus on the media's role in perpetuating the it's-not-a-crisis-unless-celebrities-say-so mindset. In addition to magazines like TIME, some Darfur advocacy leaders also buy into the cult of celebrity activism and constantly try to recruit celebrities to peddle their pet causes. While celebrity endorsement can certainly be helpful in advocacy, it can sometimes be detrimental when all an advocacy leader seems to do is chase celebrities around all day.

http://savedarfuraccountabilityproject.wordpress.com/...http://savedarfuraccountabilityproject.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/5-ways-john-prendergast-could-help-darfuris-other-than-fasting/

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