Oprah's Fancy Ball

[otohara]

WTF is that all about? The promos made me want to puke - celebrity hug and cry fest - yuck!

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I heard Jon Stewart making fun of it.

What the hell was it all about? Sometimes I love Oprah and sometimes I just wanna puke!

[SoCalDem]

3. I like the fact that she DID it, but shame on ABC

for "marketing" it..

[Kerrytravelers]

4. What was the ball all about?

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[Kerrytravelers]

6. Maybe they did have struggles.

[951-Riverside]

11. Hence my "sarcasm"....tag(?).

[Kerrytravelers]

12. I misread your tone. I'm glad you quickly responded!

[Beausoir]

9. It was Oprah who marketed it. She is the one who stands to profit.

She admitted it in an interview on GMA.

Those were HER cameras....filming every move. To cash in later.

[RevolutionaryActs]

2. Is it as fancy as this ball?!

I think not. :eyes:

[AngryAmish]

7. This ball?

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on edit, I really do not like Oprah's show and what it stands for, but if it means anything she is a nice person who does not big foot people around even though she owns thw world.

[Beausoir]

8. What about the non-millionaires? Aren't they "legends" too?

Am I supposed to be impressed by this?

It's great that she wants to fete black women. But why did they all have to be millionaires?

Where were the regular black women who make this country strong...every damn day?

What a ridiculous exercise in decadence.

"Look at me...I'm buying respect!"

[NoSheep]

10. How can we be anything but turned off by glitz at a time like this ...

no matter how much we may like the good work Oprah has done to elevate the consciousness and the self respect of many people.

[serryjw]

13. The entire show was FABULOUS!

n/t

[Suich]

16. I hope your answer wasn't sarcastic!

We appear to be in the minority here. I absolutely loved it! The things Simon Cowie does are always gorgeous.
Good for Oprah...the legends deserved the tribute!

[951-Riverside]

17. I love Oprah and I watched the show it was absolutely exquisite

[serryjw]

21. Absolutely NOT, Loved it

Yes, the legands did deserve the tribute. The last day on the lawn where everyone broke out in song, was a day no one will forget. I wish Rosa Parks had been there :cry:

[6000eliot]

14. Nothing says "dignified tribute" like a greed orgy.

[JVS]

15. More caviar, Coleman!

[Sannum]

18. Oh Sweet Jesus I can't stand Oprah or her fawning hausfrau fans

Nothing like spending millions to celebrate yourself. The promos looked like a circle-jerk of self congratulation.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Did she use her tax cuts to pay for it?

[ScreamingMeemie]

20. Every single one of those women deserved accolades.

I am an anti Oprah fan, and think she did it mainly to serve herself, but, the women feted...Ahhhh. Among our best. That alone made it worth it.

[KamaAina]

22. Some of the finest women on the planet

if I had somehow gotten in there I would have just fainted dead away.

And yet ABC somehow managed to make the coverage completely nauseating. :puke:

Did you catch the part at the gospel brunch where Oprah said "all the white people there realized that something was going on, but they weren't sure what"? Clearly none of them had ever been to New Orleans Jazz Fest, with its famed Gospel Tent...

[qanda]

23. I only caught a portion of it

But, I believe it was to honor African-American women legends and what she did seemed so timely. Coretta Scott King and Rosa Parks were both honored not long before they left this earth. I think people try to find every reason possible to bash Oprah but I think she deserves much more credit and respect than she receives from this community.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. SNL also did a great sendoff of it.

:rofl: :rofl:

[Dukkha]

25. reminds me of the MTV Sweet 16 show

a bunch of rich spoiled prima donnas completely divorced from reality basking in their self-congratulatory egos.

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. 2 hours of watching Oprah say "Look at me - look at how I

appreciate these women - ain't I incredible, that I am appreciating these women so much? By the way, did you know I gave away a lot of money? I did! LOOK AT ME! YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT ME ENOUGH!!! WATCH HOW I APPRECIATE THESE WOMEN AND GIVE ME APPLAUSE, DAMMIT!!! DAMMIT - THIS SHOW IS ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT THESE LOSERS WHO WOULD NEVER GET TO WEAR THESE DRESSES IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME!!!!!!! ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!! I PAID FOR THIS!!!! I DID!!!! I PAID!!!!!! ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!ME!!!!!"

No way I could have stomached that.