Sheryl Crowe 60 Minutes Puff Piece
CliffB
adjusted type. She insists she's experienced nothing more than normal growth
pangs and confusion.
But didn't she go through some serious depressive periods? There may be
nothing so far out of the norm when it comes to this, but why airbrush it
out of her reconstructed bio? Also her alleged betrayal of the "Tuesday
night Music Club" group has been etched out of the picture. Also no mention
of her purportedly leviathon appetite for booze.
The piece complains that the industry didn't know how to "package" a blonde
haired, blue eyed female musical talent. Huh?
Meanwhile they are showing cheescake pic after cheesecake pic along her
career path.
I thought 60 Minutes was an investigative driven program, not an adjunct of
People magazine. I guess it has had its celebrity worship division, come to
think of it.
Steve Croft is smitten, and it's not becoming of him.
CoolHandDukeTheBlueDevilMan
>She's portrayed as a tattooless, drug rehabless, body pierceless, well
>adjusted type. She insists she's experienced nothing more than normal growth
>pangs and confusion.
>
I think that's pretty accurate.
>But didn't she go through some serious depressive periods? There may be
>nothing so far out of the norm when it comes to this, but why airbrush it
>out of her reconstructed bio?
Why mention it?
>Also her alleged betrayal of the "Tuesday
>night Music Club" group has been etched out of the picture.
Mostly because it didn't happen.
>Also no mention
>of her purportedly leviathon appetite for booze.
>
And this relates to her career in what way?
>The piece complains that the industry didn't know how to "package" a blonde
>haired, blue eyed female musical talent. Huh?
>
The industry is still fairly clueless about presenting a talented woman who
writes her own music.
>Meanwhile they are showing cheescake pic after cheesecake pic along her
>career path.
>
>I thought 60 Minutes was an investigative driven program, not an adjunct of
>People magazine. I guess it has had its celebrity worship division, come to
>think of it.
>
>Steve Croft is smitten, and it's not becoming of him.
>
And you're nuts -- which is not becoming of you.
Sheryl Crow (no "e", ya putz) rocks.
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CliffB
CoolHandDukeTheBlueDevilMan at cwhit...@aol.com.org.net wrote on 1/12/03
10:11 PM:
> CliffB fl...@gosympatico.ca said:
>
>> She's portrayed as a tattooless, drug rehabless, body pierceless, well
>> adjusted type. She insists she's experienced nothing more than normal growth
>> pangs and confusion.
>>
>
> I think that's pretty accurate.
>
>> But didn't she go through some serious depressive periods? There may be
>> nothing so far out of the norm when it comes to this, but why airbrush it
>> out of her reconstructed bio?
>
> Why mention it?
because it's an elemental aspect of her development as a person, and more on
topic, as an artist. I would think it'd add to the sympathetic feel the
piece was going after. But it was seemingly off limits. It amounts to
retroactively puffing up a bio when the subject's not even broached. Madison
Avenue not Bleeker Street. I'd prefer a realistic portrait and not a
hagiography from starry eyed Steve Croft. To each his own.
>
>> Also her alleged betrayal of the "Tuesday
>> night Music Club" group has been etched out of the picture.
>
> Mostly because it didn't happen.
The players may beg to differ. When you say "mostly", what do you mean by
that?
>
>> Also no mention
>> of her purportedly leviathon appetite for booze.
>>
>
> And this relates to her career in what way?
It's at odds with the perfectly well adjusted happy go lucky portrait that
she was willingly partaking in. Again, it's part of her personality, which
was supposedly being portrayed to the audience.
>
>> The piece complains that the industry didn't know how to "package" a blonde
>> haired, blue eyed female musical talent. Huh?
>>
>
> The industry is still fairly clueless about presenting a talented woman who
> writes her own music.
>
>> Meanwhile they are showing cheescake pic after cheesecake pic along her
>> career path.
>>
>> I thought 60 Minutes was an investigative driven program, not an adjunct of
>> People magazine. I guess it has had its celebrity worship division, come to
>> think of it.
>>
>> Steve Croft is smitten, and it's not becoming of him.
>>
>
> And you're nuts -- which is not becoming of you.
>
> Sheryl Crow (no "e", ya putz) rocks.
Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm the crazy one, not the "fanatics" who prefer their
pop idols no less than idealized and perfect.
Again, I can go to People Magazine if I want that vanilla crap. The other
end of the spectrum is tabloid trash. Too bad 60 Minutes didn't attempt
that odd duck out, verisimilitude. It could have been more interesting;
she's more interesting than was portrayed.
Mike Phillips
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CliffB
mf...@yahoo.com wrote on 1/12/03 10:54 PM:
> Pretty painful to see a well adjusted normal celebrity.
Why couldn't they leave the personality airbrushing out of their portrait?
She'd still look handsome; a few realistic personality lines on a 40 year
old woman can be attractive, not necessarily a liability. When they pomade
her image up like that, it comes off calculating, commercial, and somewhat
tacky. She's a survivor, not merely a cheery "well adjusted normal
celebrity". She at least admitted that she was strongly driven to succeed,
which possibly jibes with "image management". So in that respect, she was
being candid.
Dennis B
some way. This happens a lot - conglomerates have taken over
virtually everything, so the same folks who bring you the disc, get to
review it, promote it, etc... Check for tie-ins.
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CliffB <fl...@gosympatico.ca> wrote:
> in article nMqU9.101697$B31.27...@twister.socal.rr.com, Mike Phillips at
> mf...@yahoo.com wrote on 1/12/03 10:54 PM:
>
> > Pretty painful to see a well adjusted normal celebrity.
>
> Why couldn't they leave the personality airbrushing out of their portrait?
> She'd still look handsome; a few realistic personality lines on a 40 year
> old woman can be attractive, not necessarily a liability. When they pomade
> her image up like that, it comes off calculating, commercial, and somewhat
> tacky. She's a survivor, not merely a cheery "well adjusted normal
> celebrity". She at least admitted that she was strongly driven to succeed,
> which possibly jibes with "image management". So in that respect, she was
> being candid.
> >
maybe she really is like they portrayed her? Not all celebs are
defective, dysfunctional substance abusing, kiddie porn-downloading
messes. I find it refreshing that she seems so "normal." It reflects in
her songs as well, her songs aren't, save for a few here and there, dark
and depressing, like much of the new music.
--
Lisa
Gulffritallary
>some way.
I wondered the same thing. "E" did a show on the 25 sexiest women last night -
guess who was on it? Yes, Sheryl Crowe. They had a group of frat boys
critiqueing the choices - all of them hee hawed that Sheryl Crowe was on the
list. One of them made a remark that she should "go back to Santa Monica" - is
that a reference to a song or what?
AKA
The 60 minute segment was interesting for me since I know nothing about her
or what she has done in her career. The piece did appear to be fluff but 60
minutes has been doing quite a few soft investigation pieces in the past few
years. She seems like a very talented women who is incredibly butch and
trying hard not to show it.
jsette
> I thought 60 Minutes was an investigative driven program, not an adjunct of
> People magazine.
It USED to be investigative. This piece was an embarassment. Slow
news month?
> Steve Croft is smitten, and it's not becoming of him.
well, somebody is smitten. CBS is always throwing Sheryl Crow around
in our faces -- this summer, they heavily promoted her appearance on
Big Brother --
who CARES? I couldn't name two Sheryl Crow songs, but I remember her
singing some off-key song about Las Vegas and wish I could shoot
myself in the head just thinking about it.
SteaHoover
Is she really bisexual? Please say yes and forward all pictures here. Thanks!
Dennis B
> >Subject: Sheryl Crowe 60 Minutes Puff Piece
>
> Is she really bisexual? Please say yes and forward all pictures here. Thanks!
Yeah, all famous women are required to be bisexual now. Bi-coastal,
bi-racial, and bi-sexual. Huge deal.
Ambrose Meineke
They're pushing out producer Don Hewitt so they can do more of this shit?
Sadly, I think that 60 Minutes 15 minutes of fame are about up. Now if only
we could say the same about Crowe.
Ambrose
Sherry
>I think that 60 Minutes 15 minutes of fame are about up. Now if only
>we could say the same about Crowe.
> Ambrose
Hmmm. I like her. Always have.
Sherry...
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