How Can JT LeRoy Bite Me If He Does Not Exist?
Those of you with minds like steel traps may recall that I have a little bit of a problem with JT LeRoy (see "JT LeRoy Can Bite Me" from this very blog). So this Woman's Wear Daily article was particularly delightful to me. It seems there are those (including David Segal of the Washington Post, whose writing I dig, though I know nothing of his investigative skills) who suspect that the pan-sexual slyph with the troubled past, celebrity friends, and addiction to personalized fragrances may be a hoax. Is he real? It's fun to debate, I suppose, but in a way I don't care. Real or not, he's kind of a sham anyway (yes, I'm still pissed about that Scharffen Berger episode. What a whore!) Maybe I should find some homeless kid to be my alter-ego, huh?
Oh! So I'm copying below a portion of the my original post from June of this year, "JT LeRoy: The Saga Continues." JT LeRoy, be a fucking human!
Perhaps I spoke a bit harshly in my previous post about JT LeRoy. I was upset because he and his assistant phoned the PR line of our chocolate factory asking for chocolate, when in fact my own generous offer of free chocolate many months earlier via email went ignored. But perhaps JT LeRoy never even saw the email. There's a good chance he didn't. Emails get lost in space, sometimes.But then Mr. LeRoy's assistant sent a follow-up email after the call. This is an excerpt.
"JT is unusual in that he hearkens back to an earlier time when filthy lucre was avoided by means of barter. In the world of big business, advertising dollars are spent willy-nilly, in periodicals that may or may not attract a dedicated audience. JT decries this depersonalization of product. He prefers to give items that he loves apersonal spin, explaining, as only he can, how his life has been enhanced by this or that thing. I've attached a piece that JT had done for Black Book about Mandy Aftel's perfumes. Through it, you will see how JT can best any PR firm's appraisal of a product. As you read it, please understand that no money ever changed hands between Mandy and JT. Instead, gifts were sent to JT's friends and a story woven out of that experience."
Sick! So if we give JT LeRoy chocolate to share with his friends, he'll write about us? I personally feel that this is filthy lucre, and that if he wants to write about Scharffen Berger, he should just do it. We give everyone free chocolate; you don't have to get all slimy about it. The whole thing leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.
Oh! So I'm copying below a portion of the my original post from June of this year, "JT LeRoy: The Saga Continues." JT LeRoy, be a fucking human!
Perhaps I spoke a bit harshly in my previous post about JT LeRoy. I was upset because he and his assistant phoned the PR line of our chocolate factory asking for chocolate, when in fact my own generous offer of free chocolate many months earlier via email went ignored. But perhaps JT LeRoy never even saw the email. There's a good chance he didn't. Emails get lost in space, sometimes.But then Mr. LeRoy's assistant sent a follow-up email after the call. This is an excerpt.
"JT is unusual in that he hearkens back to an earlier time when filthy lucre was avoided by means of barter. In the world of big business, advertising dollars are spent willy-nilly, in periodicals that may or may not attract a dedicated audience. JT decries this depersonalization of product. He prefers to give items that he loves apersonal spin, explaining, as only he can, how his life has been enhanced by this or that thing. I've attached a piece that JT had done for Black Book about Mandy Aftel's perfumes. Through it, you will see how JT can best any PR firm's appraisal of a product. As you read it, please understand that no money ever changed hands between Mandy and JT. Instead, gifts were sent to JT's friends and a story woven out of that experience."
Sick! So if we give JT LeRoy chocolate to share with his friends, he'll write about us? I personally feel that this is filthy lucre, and that if he wants to write about Scharffen Berger, he should just do it. We give everyone free chocolate; you don't have to get all slimy about it. The whole thing leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.
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