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Blogger Blasted in Presidential Hoax
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This sh*t has more twists and turns in it than my curly wig! Here’s the story, website owner, Tina Brown, contacted someone she THOUGHT was Jay McCarroll, Project Runway’s first season winner, via email asking him to contribute sketches of a proposed inaugural gown for Michelle Obama. Brown received several sketches, one of which portrayed the first lady in a headscarf and what appeared to be a red, white & blue burlap sac dress. Now…instead of immediately tossing the item as a joke, Brown posts the dress on her site and praised the designer, who happened to be Jay McCarrol <—(with one “l”), a musician whose name is often confused with the Project Runway fashionista. Carrol (with one “l”) said he was just “f*cking around” when he decided to take her up on her offer to design an inaugural gown and enlisted the help of a friend to construct the nonsense pictured below as a joke:
“Awesome, thanks so much Jay! I love it,” she wrote on October 8. The Daily Beast described the burlap-accented gown as a “cocktail-length frock with a surprising amount of sex appeal for a sack-based garment.” Commenting on the sketch, Simon Doonan, the Barneys creative director, said, “Jay McCarroll–he himself–would make a fabulous first lady. He would totally do justice to the candy-cane legs and platforms.”
Along with the sketch, McCarrol included an artist statement, from which The Daily Beast quoted in its story: “From concept to cut this dress is symbolic of the new found responsibilities we as Americans have attained in light of our country’s economic crisis. The idea is simple, we as Americans need to live within our means, get back to basics, and rebuild a solid foundation to live upon.”
I don’t know whether to be upset at the dude for thinking this joke was funny or pi*sed at the chick who praised and posted this BS. The post had been up since November 6th but was yanked after the site owner was notified of the hoax. It was McCarrol (with one “l”) that notified the media of his prank.
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Chuck Holliday
November 11, 2008 @ 4:38 pmI dont see anything wrong with him pulling the prank off. If anything else, between this and the old incident with the superhead “book excerpt” that was started by the kid in the AHH forum, it sends a message that the people posting this stuff should confirm ahead of time. On top of that, how does these people think the artists/celebrities feel when absolutely FALSE info is posted about them but yet theyre supposed to be cool about it because quote unquote “somebody is keeping their name in the spotlight?”
thats why you see alot of publicists no longer granting interviews for their clients unless its a TV or publishing outlet, because unless its themselves being seen speaking it, it can get 360 twisted by the time these people read it.
UndergroundRailroad
November 11, 2008 @ 5:39 pmI see alot wrong. First of all, the guy posed as someone else when it was obvious that the blogger was searching for someone else. That’s one red check for his ***. Second, the blogger took this ridiculous sketch that looks like a field slave in training and posting on her site like it was a work of art. That’s one red check for her ***.
This is crazy as ****! Chuck Holliday has a good point but I don’t think that point applies in this case. The blogger appears to have acted in good faith by contacting the correct designer, but she and her STAFF’s vision seems a bit off since they were caught praising the sketch. This just seems like a bit of hidden racism that’s coming to the surface. Unfortunately, we’ll see more and more of this in the days ahead.
Must See TV!
November 11, 2008 @ 5:41 pmThis is Bullshit!!!!! Both of them are racist ********!!!!!!!!!