Aftermath
The triple murder tragedy of Jennifer Hudson's family wasn't going to be ignored by the celebrity weeklies. Sadly, multiple deaths are what it takes to get a black girl on the cover of a tabloid. The editors of each weekly, then, had to consider how the competition was going to play the game. Only People and Us gave Hudson A1 treatment, while every other magazine at least included her in a sidebar or footer.
Life & Style and OK! ended up with the same photo. Only the Globe went with a picture of Jennifer with her mouth closed — because nothing says tragedy like eyes staring into the horizon and a mouth agape.
And the honor of Going Full Exploitative goes to, not surprisingly:
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Um, she has her mouth closed on the Star cover too. I just wish that my dumb company didn't block the jossip site.
You didn't miss anything you couldn't infer for yourself:
"And the honor of Going Full Exploitative goes to, not surprisingly: the National Enquirer (for somehow further dramatizing the story by going with the "Jennifer was the real target" storyline), the Globe ("Crime Scene Photos"), and even Life & Style (let's move the story ahead by saying Jennifer now "fears for her life")."
Ah . . . thanks Skaði. By the way, I hear LU is bussing students to the polls on Tuesday. Shocker.
Matt? Is that you?
Yeah, it's not too surprising. Have you heard the city is in talks to work on the pedestrian situation on Wards Road? LU wants the city to pay for things like elevated crosswalks, when it's their students doing most of the foot traffic down there. They should have talked to each other when the city was in the middle of road construction in the area, and LU was adding a ton of dorms…
Oh yeah. Folks, don't talk to the trolls. Not a word. It only encourages them. They like to keep little tally sheets for every time they get someone to respond to their idiotic remarks.
I believe the term they use is "lulz".
Lyn? Is that short for "Lynch all those N******." Your breed of stupidity has no place at Mollygood. Fuck off.
Skaði I can't say I'm surprised. You know the city will do it though - LU and Thomas Rd. bring way too much revenue to the city for them not to.
Sorry, Skaði, I missed your note about not talking to the trollz.
Well Lyn, if you believe your theory, then white people are the worst of all. Ever heard of all those white people finding new lands to make all civilized and all those First Nations people (translation: Native Indians) they killed, and all those Africans they made as slaves and all those Jewish people they killed and the list goes on. I don't know Lyn if you should feel comfortable around white people either. It might be best if you stay locked inside your house and never go outside and never speak to anyone ever again.
It's nice to see the tabloids are making the best of a bad situation. Anything for a buck.
Where did the troll's comment go?
I thought there were holes in my brain.