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• Saturday, June 9, 2007 09:31 AM

  But will it play in Peoria?

  This episode seems to have answered one question about Ms. Hilton, that being, "Is it all an act?" -- answer, apparently not.

  I find myself reconsidering corporal punishment and wondering if it's too late for her to be redeemed by Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Little Princess" and "Secret Garden", not to mention, "Little Women" -- hell, even Nancy Drew... and/or the

  American Girls doll series.

  To say I view her hystrionics and lack of control COLDLY is an understatement, however the gawker/carwreck portion of her celebrity may be undiminished ... much as some of Anna Nichole's obviously-seriously-impaired (and recently David Hasselhoff's) videos bizarrely received attention of the truely-sick-gawker variety.

  Like some giagantic Ponzi scheme, I can't quite figure out where and/or how anyone is making any real money off of Ms. Hilton's celebrity.

  She had her chances to avoid jail ... which she used and then abused... she's jailed because that's what happens to public scofflaws -- celebrities or not.

  The day after Lindsey Lohan' last car crash, the gossip columns ran fluff pieces about her birthday party ... even as, apparently, arrangements were being made to get her BACK in rehab, and her father's reports of her OxyContin addiction were being prepared to be posted.

  Driving while impaired and substance abuse and genuine narcotic addiction should not be treated as "another day in the life" fluff. It's not surprising that so many people believe they are entitled to endless "get out of jail free" cards ...

  Chilling.

  —susan sunflower Read susan sunflower's other letters
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