No More "Divas"
Today I was watching CNN... the pope is still dead, excessively.
After they got done talking about JP2 and what a swell guy he was, they showed some brain-numbing crap about Paris Hilton. Of course, she did nothing of note, as usual, and they referred to her as a "diva".
Since when did the term that described the prima donna of an opera transform to mean person of no tangible significance? It all started when they extended the operatic term to female singers of influence, such as Dianna Ross or Patty LaBelle. At least they were accomplished singers with a history.
Soon, anyone on American Idol as a "diva" followed by any female that picked up a microphone. Soon, divas were swarming around the microphone at karaokee night.
Now, any female that is in the public eye is a "diva". Can we please strike that word from the vernacular if we are not going to use it in a meaningful way? Can we futher dilute terms that mean something? If Paris Hilton, a person that does nothing, means nothing, brings nothing to the table, is being recognized as "diva", it is time to put the word to bed.
What's wrong, is "useless waste of oxygen" too good for her?
posted by Schmootzie @ 8:09 PM
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not only is "useless waste of oxygen" to good for her, so is the actual oxygen. This is one of the very few people for whom suffocating might actually earn you "heaven points". Hand me the pillow!
Testify! Tell it like it is!
In related news; you cannot use the net today without being reminded of “Britney’s” me-too reality program on UPN. UPN!? Isn’t this the cable fly-over channel which owes 90% of its programming to David Allen Grier sitcoms cancelled by FOX or BET?
“Britney” explain to me again why we care about you?
Here is my take, from a post back in mid-December.
http://wanderingcoyote.blogspot.com/2004/12/celebs-im-sick-of.html#comments
"Diva" in Italian means goddess, as in the gorgeous, haunting aria from Bellini's "Norma," Casta Diva. Which means "chaste goddess."
Chaste, eh? According to the partriarchs, you can't be a goddess if you aren't chaste. heh!
Who are the female saints [i.e. goddesses? V.I.R.G.I.N.S.
This is the supreme stupidity of religion, leaving men "the partriarchs" in charge, and expecting goddesses to be chaste.
Isabella may not be a goddess (well maybe a goddess of food), but I will never reveal anything about my chastity. [wink,wink].
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