The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part four- Page 236

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:12pm

Any of my Million Little Pieces friends - turn on Oprah today; she's ripping into James Frey. She is TICKED off.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:19pm

I haven't read A Million Little Pieces, but I'm all up for some Oprah ripping.

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:32pm

What was the actual controversy about the book?

[Allie]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:34pm

I taped Oprah. Can't WAIT to watch it.

Basically, it's come out that James Frey lied about a lot of details in the book. He was in jail for a few hours instead of a few months, got into arguments, not fist fights, things like that.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:36pm

I saw something about that in the newspaper today

[Dancinqueen123]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:39pm

I read something about it in a magazine, but I didn't really understand what had happened.

[Allie]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:41pm

It's been EVERYWHERE. thesmokinggun.com did a big article on the whole thing, entitled, "The Man Who Conned Oprah". That was the first I had heard of it. Then other articles came out. He went on Larry King (where Oprah called in to defend him - but took it all back today, ooooooh).

[Atrias]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:45pm

Well, I'm glad I chose another book over that one! I almost bought it the other day.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:47pm

Alright I'm going out for dinner. Someone mentioned Pizza Hut the other night and I've been craving it ever since.

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:47pm

The book was really amazing - when read as a memoir. The kind of book that you keep closing and looking at the back to ensure yourself that he's still alive and survived all of this drug/alcohol addiction. When read as a fiction book it seems too amazing to be true. It's just so disappointing. I feel let down.

[Allie]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:49pm

I feel the same way, JL. My sister was absolutely devestated. She never reads, but she finished this book in, like, a week or something like that.

[CanadianSnowbird]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:49pm

Poor JL. Write him an angry letter in crayon, it'll make you feel better.

[gertrudejessalynn]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:52pm

Heh. Pizza Hut!

It's all I got, I'm tired.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:52pm

I guess I'm the only person that didn't even hear about this book until the scandal came out. Those real-life "inspirational" books never really appealed to me. I must have been the only person to never sit down and read one of those Chicken Soup books.

Posted: 1/26/06 at 4:54pm

Skittles, you're not alone. My mom has a whole collection of those "inspirational" books and they're boring as hell to me. The ones in the Chicken Soup books about "Tough Stuff" were kind of interesting, but normally, I felt as if I were just reading a story about nothing.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:01pm

I don't like chicken soup.. I think it's stupid. A lot of the stories are touching and what not, but they never actually help me.

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:04pm

I can go either way on the inspirational stuff ... I actually picked this one up because my book club was reading it. I didn't know til I was reading that it was non-fiction and about drug addiction. Once I was reading, it was enthralling. Oh well, no more.

I need a nap - but if I sleep now, I will wake up at like midnight and won't be able to go back to sleep. Hmm...decisions decisions.

[gertrudejessalynn]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:08pm

Sleep!

Hmm... listen to all of the Sweeney Todd Revival CD or not? (I'm tired, it could be very interesting to hear right now... ha)

[JLSatUD]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:09pm

I should actually get my hands on that CD too, considering my only exposure to "Sweeney Todd" is a school talent show scene in some random Ben Afflek movie. :)

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:12pm

*sends Snowbird some real NY pizza, because friends don't let friends eat Pizza Hut*

I haven't read A Million Little Pieces, but I have been following the controversy to some extent, and the one thing that sticks out to me is that Frey initially tried to sell the book as a work of fiction and publishers rejected it. I'm not much for inspirational books either - I like to read for entertainment, not to be taught a lesson.

Speaking of controversy, have you guys seen the issue of Rolling Stone with Kanye West on the cover?

[gertrudejessalynn]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:12pm

*cracks up*

Wow, I'm too easily amused right now. *listens*

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:13pm

mm New York pizza is the best pizza in the world.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:28pm

Hey everyone. I have been looking through all the pages and stuff- we post way too much.

Something that may be of interest to you all: Who here has heard of Forbidden Broadway? If you haven’t it’s this show where they do spoofs on popular Broadway shows (including Rent). They change the lyrics and it’s really funny and the people who do it are really talented.

Anyway, I saw a VHS of a Forbidden Broadway from 1996 I believe, and they had the Rent songs done. It was hilarious!!! They did Rant (Rent), Ouch They’re Tight (Out Tonight), Too Gay For You, Too Het’ro For Me (Today For You, Tomorrow For Me), Pretty Voices Singing (Christmas Bells), Seasons of Hype (Seasons of Love), and This Ain’t Boheme (La Vie Boheme).

The guy playing “Anthony” was in the full costume (including the plaid boxers!), he did the spazzy hands the whole time, and during Seasons of Hype he actually did the pose that is on the Rent poster, it was so funny.

The guy playing “Adam” wore the plaid pants and rocker shirt. He pretty much did the whole emo rocker thing, like pretending to stab himself while singing passionately. He also played “Wilson” and had the Santa dress on (amazingly he did both characters perfectly).

I thought the girl being “Daphne” looked more like Idina, but she was really funny too during Ouch They’re Tight.

My favorite was when they did This Ain’t Boheme, because “Anthony” did the spazzy hands the whole time, and the other three (“Adam”, “Daphne” and another girl being pretty much all the other female characters in the show) did some of the moves that the cast does while sitting at the table, then went into the Macarena and did a bunch of other silly moves.

Honestly, it was really funny. My friends and I still can’t stop laughing about it, I can’t even begin to explain it- they just emphasized all those little things that are quirky but we love about our OBC, and it was so fun.

[gertrudejessalynn]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:32pm

http://www.geocities.com/hystericalvibrator/rant.html
^Rent Forbidden broadway songs.

Updated On: 1/26/06 at 05:32 PM

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 1/26/06 at 5:36pm

You can LimeWire them too, to hear them.