Friday, January 27, 2006

Liar, Liar!

Wow! Is Oprah pissed at James Frey or what? Let's review. Oprah's staff tells her about this amazing book written by a recovering drug addict named James Frey. It is a memoir. Oprah reads it and omg! It is so inspiring. It affects her so much that she invites Frey to be on the show and discuss his amazing life. Which he does. Now, when I saw him on the show, I thought to myself "This guy is full of shit." When I look at some people I see either that they are being honest or they are not. I thought he was not being honest. I didn't know what exactly he was not being honest about. I mean the guy tells a lot of nasty stuff about his past. So what is there to lie about? Turns out, quite a lot actually. See, he embellished. That's fine when you are writing a novel. We encourage it even. But, if you present a story as being autobiographical or a memoir, then you are supposed to tell it like it was. He didn't. So everyone got up in arms about it and all of the "journalists" had to weigh in on the audacity of someone such as this James Frey person writing such bullshit. There is absolutely nothing else for them to be upset or worried about. Not Iraq. Not Afghanistan. Not the economy. Not Pinocchio on Pennsylvania Avenue. So we had to hear from everyone who ever wrote anything! All right. Shut up now. Here's the thing. The guy is a recovering addict! He is a liar by definition. He can't help it. That's what addicts do. So, if you want to read an interesting story of addiction and recovery, help yourself. But, it isn't the whole truth. It's about an addict after all.

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