{"id":8149,"date":"2008-06-13T11:10:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8149"},"modified":"2022-10-16T09:02:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:02:51","slug":"the-shallow-part-of-shallow-elitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=8149","title":{"rendered":"Sheila O\u2019Malley: Bringing You Shallow Elitist Content Since 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple years ago, in one week alone, I got two emails, one from some guy ranting about how “elitist” I was because … well, basically because I wrote about things that HE didn’t care about. The second email was from someone ranting about how “shallow” I was because I was obsessed with Project Runway. There was something so freeing in that one week of emails because I realized, head on, that I cannot please everyone. How on earth can one be a shallow<\/em> elitist?? I have no idea, but I know that I have turned it into an artform.<\/p>\n

Here are some observations I have made of late:<\/strong><\/p>\n

— Sometimes I listen to songs by “My Chemical Romance” (and I like a lot of them), and my overriding feeling is: “Boys. Please. Calm down<\/i>. Take a deep breath, and CHILLAX.”<\/p>\n

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— I have a huge crush on Padma Lakshmi. Oh, and come to think of it, I have a crush on Tom Colicchio too. But Padma actually makes me nervous<\/i>.<\/p>\n

— I am pretty bummed that Pacifica French Lilac Body Butter<\/a> is so hard to find. My Whole Foods has their whole line of products – but not that one particular lotion. I am resisting buying it online because they charge 15 dollars shipping and handling or something like that.<\/p>\n

— I love Angelina Jolie and I wonder if we could be friends. I really hope so. I’m psyched to see Wanted<\/i>. I love her as an actress but I am particularly in love with her in action films. Mr. and Mrs. Smith<\/i> was a BLAST. She’s one of the only actresses out there where I can pretty much believe that it is her doing all that crap – not a stunt woman. She’s a lot of fun.<\/p>\n

— I want Kathy Griffin’s <\/a>Life on the D-List<\/i> show to go on forever. If she ever becomes an A-list actress, I will be devastated because there goes that series, and I love every second of it<\/i>.<\/p>\n

— I beg of you: follow the link and click through<\/a>. What???<\/p>\n

— I will always, and I mean always, look back fondly on the first season of Rock of Love<\/i>. Television just doesn’t get any better than that. I mean, seriously. What I love best about the image below is that there is no irony in it<\/i>. It is earnest<\/i>. And deeply crazy. And I wish more people on the planet were deeply openly crazy, so I wouldn’t feel so left out.<\/p>\n

Gorgeous.<\/p>\n

— Recently re-watched Eyes of Laura Mars<\/i> and reveled in the sight of Tommy Lee Jones in bell bottom jeans, a black turtleneck and long hair.<\/p>\n

— The Real Housewives of New York City<\/i> cannot hold a candle to the GLORY of Real Housewives of Orange County<\/i>. It just doesn’t have the botox and fake boobs that made the Orange County version so awesome.<\/p>\n

— Speaking of Real Housewives of Orange County<\/i>, I wonder how Lauri and George are doing. I actually have moments where the couple pops into my mind, and I think, “I hope they’re happy together.”<\/p>\n

— You know what movie I saw recently and loved? Dan In Real Life<\/i>. I think that might have to go on my Under-rated Movies List <\/a>because (along with the incorrect marketing theme today) it was marketed wrong – it was marketed like a wacky 40 Year Old Virgin sequel – which made me not want to see it (as much as I loved 40 Year Old Virgin) – but what a pleasant surprise: it’s a sweet well-written funny and poignant family drama – and I LOVED it. I’ll do a review of it when I get out from underneath the pile of the project I am working on. Dane Cook was great, too – he belongs in an ensemble piece at this point in his career – he’s not confident enough (as an actor, I mean) to carry a movie (yet), but he was terrific <\/em>here. Everyone was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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