Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Baba Wawa interview with Martha Stewart
OK, I admit the interview happened several days ago...but I've been BUSY.
For those of you who missed the interview, Barbara Walters basically spent an hour trying to make Martha Stewart cry. "Martha, why does everybody hate you?" "Martha, your divorce must have had a crushing effect, how did it make you feel?" "Martha, your linen folding really sucks ass"...
Can anyone image Barbara Walters interviewing Kenneth Lay or one of those other corporate scumbags and trying to make them cry? Of course not, there would have to be the assumption that they had some kind of conscience.
Martha Stewart is certainly not in the same category as those big time corporate swindlers. Her problem (and for a long time her success) is based on the fact that she is both a successful business person and also a celebrity. As a celebrity she signed a pre-nup with the entertainment industry which indicated that if she screwed up, late-night show hosts had the right to bash her until people stop laughing. I particularly like the magazine cover of a nicely decorated prison cell.
Martha Stewart has made her living by successfully adding value to her customers. She helps others to make better and much more color-coordinated lives ... and that's a good thing.
---LOBO
For those of you who missed the interview, Barbara Walters basically spent an hour trying to make Martha Stewart cry. "Martha, why does everybody hate you?" "Martha, your divorce must have had a crushing effect, how did it make you feel?" "Martha, your linen folding really sucks ass"...
Can anyone image Barbara Walters interviewing Kenneth Lay or one of those other corporate scumbags and trying to make them cry? Of course not, there would have to be the assumption that they had some kind of conscience.
Martha Stewart is certainly not in the same category as those big time corporate swindlers. Her problem (and for a long time her success) is based on the fact that she is both a successful business person and also a celebrity. As a celebrity she signed a pre-nup with the entertainment industry which indicated that if she screwed up, late-night show hosts had the right to bash her until people stop laughing. I particularly like the magazine cover of a nicely decorated prison cell.
Martha Stewart has made her living by successfully adding value to her customers. She helps others to make better and much more color-coordinated lives ... and that's a good thing.
---LOBO
