Letters to the Editor
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Chicken cutlets?
Forgive my ignorance, but the point of that would be...?
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Lame
Sorry Nancy, friendships end. People move on. People get hurt. It is still totally pathetic that you have sold out your friend, who of course can't respond without looking petty and/or corroborating the things you say she has done to get jobs (as if she is the only one!). I think you were pretty right on when you described your performance as 'sad.'
PS Why is this a story on Salon?
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Wow
My subscription just ran out last week because my credit card expiration hadn't been updated. It's articles like this that prevent me from actually updating it. Seriously, E! Online does crap like this much better I'm sure. I used to think this was a refreshing political site with some decent insight. Guess now it's an entertainment site with an occasional article by Conason (which could be read elsewhere) and a blog wrapup by the War Room (which could be read elsewhere). How disappointing this site has become.
Regards
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Thanks again, Salon
Okay, I'm close to taking Salon off my bookmarks. More VH1/E!/Gawker lightweight pop bullshit pandering to gossipy women. I remember when this used to be an intelligent website for real people, not an emptyheaded read for shallow liberals-by-fashion queens in urban centers who spend their time obsessing over pop culture and fashion.
Really, come ON. At least give us the letter from the editor admitting that Salon is intentionally marketing itself to an urban female audience so that the rest of us, who don't like being cynically condescended and marketed to, can leave and read something interesting and intelligent, something that's meant to be newsworthy, relevant, well-written, and of interest to anyone.
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Celebrity Culture is Lame
So Nancy Balbirer tells a story about her own life that she finds interesting, not using anybody's real name, and not making any money off of it. I'm sorry, but anyone who is upset about that is an idiot. Who cares whether it's about Jennifer Aniston? Don't these people have lives to live? Are they so obsessed with Hollywood bullshit that they think the whole world revolves around some stupid movie star's perky nipples? Read a goddamn book, losers. And The Devil Wears Prada doesn't count.
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Make sure you thaw those cutlets first...
"But hey, if I can't have a relevant cultural dialogue, well, a callback would be nice. It has been 11 years."
Yes, I am sure that the reason Nancy Whoever has not gotten a callback in 11 years is because Jennifer Aniston ruined her reputation.
Wait a minute, did she mean a "callback" like a second audition (that is what I read it as), or a "call back" from her ex-best-friend?
Blahblahblah. I don't mind that Salon printed this, necessarily. I mind that this windbag has any sort of media attention whatsoever. Still trying to ride the coattails of a real celebrity after 11 years, it would seem.
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I'm pretty sure it's a joke...
...and it's in the Entertainment section, although I can't really say I was THAT entertained. It really doesn't have enough meat (chicken?) in it to make me think it's real, and it's not funny enough to be entertaining.
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They keep coming out of the woodwork...
Nice of her to use Jennifer Aniston to try to launch her own career. Nancy sounds like a real charmer. There are two sides to every story. Nine months as a roommate does not qualify you to make sweeping statements about another human being, nor is it reason enough to piggyback on their fame.
In my experience, those who accuse usually do so to hide their own shortcomings. I've had some roommates myself. No doubt after making a success of my career they have a lot to say about me. Success, like cake, has a way of attracting those who want the crumbs.
That's usually when they crawl out of the woodwork.
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>>What really pisses me off is that this is my actual life experience, and somehow I'm not allowed to talk about this without people calling me "opportunistic." >>
No, talking about "jane's" nose job is NOT your actual life experience. That's "Jane's" actual life experience.
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what story?
Where's the story here? Starlets need pert nipples? Hollywood cares only about looks? Fucking Davd Mamet won't get you anywhere? Somebody got a nose job? Somebody told somebody that sombebode else got somebody fired?
No wonder readers are losing interest in Salon.
---Kate Scrivener
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Chicken Cutlets?
Not real ones! They have been selling fake silicone bra pads for years. Anyone as savvy as "Jane" would know this. Anyone that cooks knows that old uncooked chicken smells like a poo.
And ice on the nips before the audition? How long before the audition? Ice will only keep em pert for like 2 min.
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Thank you Heather!
Heather - You are my hero for the day. Are people's lives that empty and meaningless that they actually care whether or not some Hollywood-type screwed over an ex-roommate? Celebrity gossip is pathetic.
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We're all too serious
All the letter writers regarding this article are too serious for words. I took the whole "interview" thing to be quite tongue-in-cheek. It's all rather silly, and, entertaining.
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Chicken cutlets!....And all this time I've been stuffing bags of birdseed in my bra!
OK..so this kinda stuff isn't exactly why I tune into SALON everyday, but what a nice momentary breath of fresh air it is to not to be overwhelmed by terrorists, Katrina and the sorry state of the Union. The combination of Nancy, Jen and chicken cutlets is a classic receipe for delicious gossip; and gossip, much like terror, has always had its own niche in society, ( i.e. the Bible, Dickens, Walter Winchell and The New Yorker for starters!). Who knows what the real story is? Does it matter? Sounds like a couple of schoolgirls stomping on each others tits on the stairway to stardom. Maybe a jealous Jen had Nancy fired because Nancy was perty enough without ice. Its just gossip, people; a little slice of life. Good for you, Nancy. Take a deep breath. It must feel great to finally have this off your chest,...and thanks for reminding us that, while struggling under the shadow of terror and the wake of Katrina, we have our own lives to slice up and live.
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Cintra Wilson
I'm usually a big fan of Cintra, but it seems like the only reason this was printed was because Cintra is a friend of Nancy Balbirer's. Unfortunately, the interview revealed absolutely nothing that wasn't already written in Gawker.
What is the point, Salon?