Thursday, May 15, 2008 Defending A Million Little Lies POST A COMMENT I've told my fare share of Lies in my lifetime...nothings worse that being called-to the principles office, out in public -- for a smack-down... ('poor 'lil James Frey) -- a pissed-Mommy-Winfrey-wagging her finger at you...'spittle flying out her lips...('Jesus Christ, I hope never to-do anything bad enough to piss off Ms. Oprah)...Saying she felt "duped" - (by "A Million Little Pieces" - which was marketed as a memoir, and...cough, cough, had a few exaggerations of sorts) -- Miss-thang yelled like I never seen her yell, making him confess, and apologize for "lying." But, let's get it together here...'reality check: was the story any less moving because it was marketed as truth-ful-(ish)? Don't we all imbellish stories...what's so bad about being a damn good liar? "Both "Robinson Crusoe" and "Gulliver's Travels" were first marketed as nonfiction accounts, and even included prefaces by their publishers swearing to their veracity." Says the Washington Post. "There's always been a blurry line between fiction and nonfiction, and Frey isn't the first or last writer to conga on that line." - It sounds like to me a bunch of literary elites-out-there should be more pissed at the marketing, and forgot the real thing is to say whether the story was effective... I don't know if the new book is any good...NY Times offers this: "He got another chance. Look what he did with it. He stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park. No more lying, no more melodrama, still run-on sentences, still funny punctuation, but so what. He became a furiously good storyteller this time." 'glad Frey's writing again...starting fresh with the city of Angels....After all is said and done, shouldn't it be about the story -- (truth or lies) -- and how it impacts us...a good story has the ability to transport us into the writer's world, and effects-us for the better...and in my book, those are good things. here's that video clip of Ms. Oprah's smack-down: Source: Yahoo News Labels: Books, James Frey, Oprah's Book Club posted by Henry Cruz at 3:50 AM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 .