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Is Anna Nicole overexposed? More to come...HOOROO ! |
Is Anna Nicole overexposed? More to come
Thu Feb 22, 1:06 PM ET
Anna Nicole Smith's mother, Vergie Arthur (L), watches as a video of
her daughter is played in Broward County Circuit Court in Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida February 20, 2007. REUTERS/Lou Toman/Sun-Sentinel/
PoolBy Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coverage of former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's
death has gone overboard according to U.S. consumers, but media
experts warn there is more to come.
Six in 10 Americans surveyed by Pew Research felt that the Smith story
had been "over-covered" by the press. But the sudden death of the
buxom blonde at 39 years old on February 8 in Florida has fascinated
both the public and the media.
Eleven percent followed Smith's story more closely in the week after
her death than any other story -- this, said Pew, is on par with the
number who cited news about all the 2008 presidential candidates put
together, 13 percent.
"This is an ongoing soap opera," says Ken Auletta, media writer for
The New Yorker. "Even people who don't care now know who Anna Nicole
Smith is."
The former stripper and Playboy model, who married a 89-year old
billionaire and took an inheritance battle to the U.S. Supreme Court,
is as fascinating to many watchers in death as she was in life.
Smith died just five months after her 20-year old son died in the
Bahamas under mysterious circumstances. Now there is a custody battle
over her 5-month-old daughter and a tussle over where her body will be
buried.
The story is much better than anything that the media could hope for
or even make up, say media watchers, meaning the public should expect
the saga to continue.
"It's incredible melodrama, all these people sort of feeding off the
cadaver ... it's going to go on for months and months. At least we
hope so," said Michael Musto, entertainment columnist at the Village
Voice.
CASE STUDY OF CELEBRITY
Smith had lived the last years of her life in glare of tabloid
coverage and is seen with the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears
as a case study of modern celebrity culture.
But Smith was unlike Hilton, who was born into society, or Spears, who
had sold millions of records. "She came from seemingly nowhere, not
book-smart in the least, and charmed and seduced her way to the top,"
Musto said. "It was definitely the American Dream."
The American public has always loved gossip about the "dark side of
celebrity," said Musto, who had interviewed Smith for his book of
celebrity interviews "La Dolce Musto."
People have a tendency to idealize figures in public life -- sometimes
trying to assume their qualities; but when those figures fail, it
creates a sense of disappointment or rage, said Charles Goodstein,
clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University Medical
School.
"There is a moralistic quality to this story that reassures the person
that's reading or watching that they would not have fallen this fate,"
Goodstein said.
As the disappointment sets in, the media in turn are regularly blamed
for creating celebrities who are famous simply for being famous.
"On the day she died I switched on the TV to see World War III
coverage of Anna Nicole Smith," says Auletta. "I don't see anything
about Iraq, Korea ... it was one of the more depressing moments in
media coverage."
Auletta says there's a simple explanation. "People like to be
entertained and they don't want to just eat their spinach."
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23 Feb 2007 03:19:58 PM |
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After Much Chewing of Cud and Cogitation, "=?utf-8?B?
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I=?=" <stargatedecember2012@yahoo.ca> Spat the Words
Is Anna Nicole overexposed? More to come
Gee, I wonder if there's been too much coverage. All the past
3 weeks there's been nothing but 'breaking news.. anna nicole
smith is still dead !'.... 'developing story ! anna nicole's
body starting to get ripe.. film at 11'
Thu Feb 22, 1:06 PM ET
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