I have had a day of YouTube. I remembered that a while ago I heard in a podcast Robert Redford describing taking part in the Kennedy Center Honor Ceremonies so I decided to check what we are talking about. I was hooked. It is a series of events celebrating great entertainers and sources of inspiration by other world-class starts performing their material. This is one of my favourites, honouring Beach Boys' Brian Wilson by a British boy choir Libera. I also highly recommend the parts like Oprah and Beyonce celebrating about Tina Turner or a parade of performances celebrating Diana Ross and Dolly Parton. Only Americans know how to do this right.
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Saturday, February 09, 2008
Friday, December 14, 2007
The Oprah Way
As I am leaving tomorrow to Finland for Christmas holidays and our intern is finishing her time with us, we decided to have a joint dinner with the team tonight. Thai food and intense debate works as a cure against the wind and cold. What did we end up talking about: Oprah Winfrey.
I am a big fan of her next to all those women. I mean Oprah should be running for president, not Barack Obama that she has now endorsed. Who cares about Obama anymore if you have a chance to see Oprah live? She is an amazing figure in the US - she is beyond criticism as one of the strongest symbols of the American Dream - coming from tough background, made her success with hard work and now giving back to the society.
The Oprah factor is a good reminder also of the way we are as people. We can be interested in serious and light subjects at the same time - we can be triggered by an intense discussion on tansgender identities or by a couple interview with Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Very few of us are either serious or shallow - we can be both. What I love in Oprah is that she manages to introduce difficult subjects into the living rooms through her media conglomerate. She is in not preaching to the converted, which is why she kicks ass.
My Oprah Day could consist of the two following things:
1. Finetuning a Christmas greeting for the staff from our team.
2. Having an article on youth culture published in Eurozine.
As I said, we can be both.
I am a big fan of her next to all those women. I mean Oprah should be running for president, not Barack Obama that she has now endorsed. Who cares about Obama anymore if you have a chance to see Oprah live? She is an amazing figure in the US - she is beyond criticism as one of the strongest symbols of the American Dream - coming from tough background, made her success with hard work and now giving back to the society.
The Oprah factor is a good reminder also of the way we are as people. We can be interested in serious and light subjects at the same time - we can be triggered by an intense discussion on tansgender identities or by a couple interview with Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise. Very few of us are either serious or shallow - we can be both. What I love in Oprah is that she manages to introduce difficult subjects into the living rooms through her media conglomerate. She is in not preaching to the converted, which is why she kicks ass.
My Oprah Day could consist of the two following things:
1. Finetuning a Christmas greeting for the staff from our team.
2. Having an article on youth culture published in Eurozine.
As I said, we can be both.
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