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Joan,
I've recently become a big fan of your column. I watched the memorial today and i've been struggling myself to put the right perspective on Michael's death and the media coverage.
The problem I have with your post today is that right now, #1 on the 5 things you must know section is Paris' heartfelt words. It's not just CNN that makes this the news of the day and not the Obama speech I watched at 2am this morning (PST).
Not sure where the line of overkill is, but i think we all share keeping the line blurred.
I think what's important about keeping Paris' words at the forefront is it's the most human and normal part of today. A daughter lost her father, not a petafile or a king. We build people up and take them down and in all our need for having a window into someones life, we never look for the things that make them normal.
I can't imagine being Paris, Suri Cruise, or anyone for that matter that has to spend every day of their life less than 2 feet from a man/woman with a camera in their face keeping them from any sense of a normal life. Paris and Brooke Shields were the only normal things happening today on a very abnormal stage.
Hopefully we'll figure this celebrity thing out one of these decades.
Best wishes....
