Loose Ends, Split Ends
Far be it from me to question a source as unimpeachable as More magazine. No, I’d never heard of it before the Pioneer Press excerpted their article on the flight of Stillwater heart breaker Jessica Lange. But how can you doubt a magazine with a name as honest as “More”? Whose tag line sounds like it should be: “dedicated the perpetual acquisition of material goods”. Really - isn’t that every women’s magazine’s true purpose? Finally, someone has the stones to say it!
Per usual, our readers aren’t so easily fooled by marketing savvy as I. Regarding More magazine’s assertion ...
Perhaps Lange's decision involves more than an anticipated empty nest — More magazine also reported that: "Then comes a string of anecdotes about what it's like to tool around in rural Minnesota with a 'No War in Iraq' bumper sticker on her car. 'I had my tires slashed,' " the star told the magazine. " 'I'm being totally serious.”
... reader Doubting Tom goes Morely Safer on their collective posteriors:
I don't believe that Lange's tires were slashed. Considering the fact that celebrities get more coverage/police pampering than anyone in the world, (Princess Di's car crash is being re-investigated for the gazillionth time...think that would happen if you or I met our end in a tunnel on I-94?...Well you maybe, you are a celebrity blogger and all.) and the fact that the editorial culture of the newsrooms in MN would love to portray the prowar side as violent wack jobs, I can't believe that this wasn't all over the news, and not just in the celebrity section.
Like you though (and probably like me quite frankly), the star struck reporter doesn't question or follow-up on the claim and Lange gets to make her neighbors look like violent creeps. I could accept a claim that she is leaving because she can't get a decent corned beef sandwich or even the Stillwater Player's production of "Rent" had too many "ubetcha's" in it to be credible. But to allege that a violent crime was committed as a reason to shake the dust of this "nice place to raise children" off her pumps, it's an insult to the good people of Stillwater.
Can the blogosphere "out" what I believe is a bogus claim that slanders Stillwater and the region?
I don’t know if it can or not. But as a charter member of the blobosphere, and an established celebrity blogger, I'll throw the challenge out to my cohorts. Uncover the secret, shocking truth of Jessica Lange's tires and any possible disinformation campaigns related to it. The first person back with the straight dope gets a free gift from the Fraters Post Holiday Gift Boutique. That's right, one of our best seller's, the Hair Cutting Umbrella. Good luck to all.
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