Word: oprahization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over the years I have watched "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on a regular basis. Like many Americans, I have been entertained by her interviews with everyone from Michael Jordan to LeAnn Rimes to Meryl Streep. I've watched Oprah make potato salad with Patti Labelle, dance with Tina Turner and Gloria Estefan, and sing with Elton John. And I'll admit that on certain occasions--when a family is finally reunited or when a particularly homely homemaker is given the makeover of her dreams--I have been touched. Maybe even inspired...
...over the years I've also watched Oprah grow increasingly narcissistic and self-centered. When Steven Spielberg was a guest on her show last year, Oprah interrupted the director of Schindler's List to share with the audience excerpts from the journal she kept during the making of The Color Purple. We learned that Oprah was nervous before the filming began and impressed with her own performance. When John F. Kennedy Jr. came on the show, she could not fail to mention that she and Maria Shriver were the best of friends. Surprise, surprise. Two wealthy and prominent women obsessed...
Just this month, Oprah devoted an entire show to her "Vogue experience." Audience members were treated to a 45-minute peek into what it takes to transform a 44-year-old woman into a cover model--a bit too much information into the amount of make--up, hair gel, and manpower Vogue invested into America's "Every Woman...
Like many Americans, I read Beloved before it was featured on Oprah's book list. I loved it, and I applaud her efforts to bring a worthwhile literary masterpiece to life. But Beloved is a story, not another publicity vehicle for Oprah. She says she bought the rights to the book so she can tell the story of a runaway slave dealing with a past that refuses...
...admirable goal, but part of me can't help but wonder how much Oprah really just wanted to tell another story about herself...