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Media Immersion Schadenfreude
Jul. 9th, 2010 06:46 pmFor the past few months I've been shuddering every time I heard the names LeBron or Gaga. I can think of few things for which I care less than where an overpaid athlete chooses to play next--just. Do. Not. Care. And as for the latter--GO AWAY. I'm having the same reaction as I did to Madonna in the late '80s--GO AWAY. I didn't know your name a year ago and now you're like the Gosselins (another name I wish I didn't know), waving "hi, Mom!" at the cameras every chance you get. Stop begging for attention. So yesterday I was vaguely aware that finally the hoorah about where the basketball player was going to go was about to be over and I cast my eyes upwards and thanked God. I had no idea of the details of the announcement; I just knew Relief Was In Sight.
I must say, if I'd known his announcement was going to be this entertaining, I might've tuned in. He had a show? An hour-long special where he referred to himself as King James? Complete with a charity as a PR fig leaf? Oh. My. Christ. Man, do I wish I could've seen this--he is getting absolutely eviscerated online today. Here's a column on Yahoo!:
An exercise in self-aggrandizement and self-loathing that will have far-reaching implications for the NBA and James. What a spectacle, what a train wreck.
And
the public execution of his legacy, his image, and there was a part of James that clearly wished he could turn back through the doors and hide.
And
Someday, he will fire his business manager Maverick Carter for turning the two-time MVP’s free-agent moment into Geraldo and Al Capone’s vault. Carter used the cover of charity for a historically horrible event and completely destroyed the credibility of his client.
WOW. *warms hands over the heat.* And there's more, in this chat on the Washington Post site:
Toronto: Did he at least give Miami's GM a rose?
I can't recall ever seeing anything so narcisstic and egotistical.
And
Laurel, Md.: I feel for fans in Cleveland. Making this a publicly televised spectacle and then telling the world that he was spurning Cleveland is tantamount to publicly spitting in the faces of the Cleveland fans. Comes awful close to being personally insulting I would say. I really feel for those people.
(And--what, the Browns left CLEVELAND?! When the hell did that happen? Nobody ever tells me anything!)
Clearly I missed out last night!
Although I can't say I blame him for giving New York a miss. New York sports fans eat their young.
I must say, if I'd known his announcement was going to be this entertaining, I might've tuned in. He had a show? An hour-long special where he referred to himself as King James? Complete with a charity as a PR fig leaf? Oh. My. Christ. Man, do I wish I could've seen this--he is getting absolutely eviscerated online today. Here's a column on Yahoo!:
An exercise in self-aggrandizement and self-loathing that will have far-reaching implications for the NBA and James. What a spectacle, what a train wreck.
And
the public execution of his legacy, his image, and there was a part of James that clearly wished he could turn back through the doors and hide.
And
Someday, he will fire his business manager Maverick Carter for turning the two-time MVP’s free-agent moment into Geraldo and Al Capone’s vault. Carter used the cover of charity for a historically horrible event and completely destroyed the credibility of his client.
WOW. *warms hands over the heat.* And there's more, in this chat on the Washington Post site:
Toronto: Did he at least give Miami's GM a rose?
I can't recall ever seeing anything so narcisstic and egotistical.
And
Laurel, Md.: I feel for fans in Cleveland. Making this a publicly televised spectacle and then telling the world that he was spurning Cleveland is tantamount to publicly spitting in the faces of the Cleveland fans. Comes awful close to being personally insulting I would say. I really feel for those people.
(And--what, the Browns left CLEVELAND?! When the hell did that happen? Nobody ever tells me anything!)
Clearly I missed out last night!
Although I can't say I blame him for giving New York a miss. New York sports fans eat their young.
