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Avenging Oprah's Gonna Be Anngrrry!!!! Will Spank Holocaust's Dark 'Angel' Live On TV!
TOP IN THE NAME OF PROFIT, Penguin Group, and think twice about cancelling Herman Rosenblat's historical fiction Angel at the Fence: The True Story of a Love that Survived.
Poor Mr. Rosenblat. Not only is he a Holocaust survivor but now he must face one of life's most cruel rebukes: that of Oprah Winfrey, who not once, but twice has been duped by publishers whom we can only presume endlessly slavish her with praise and presents.
Wasn't it mere years ago that James Frey's ego got shattered into a million little pieces by the Almighty O, but conveniently only after the New York Times and the Washington Post told her that, ahem, it really was wrong to lie.
So now the jig is up about Mr. Rosenblat's faux death camp romance, during which his future wife surreptitiously fed him apples through a fence. Fast forward to the years after the War when he meets his savior on a blind date! What a story arc!
But here's my suggestion, Penguin Division et. al: Make Rosenblat go on Oprah's show to confess in person. Then she can pull his pants down and spank him LIVE! ON! TV!
Think of the ratings! Think of the publicity! Think of the book's last chapter, which surely isn't written yet!
Or you can just ask Oprah's audience to Skype in his punishment and let the verbal bullets fall where they may.
Because, ultimately, there is always a way to sell your product on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Posted December 30, 2008
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