Tyger
Serene Highness
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You're honestly trying to imply that there's a chance that Oprah, who just launched a television network, gave Sarah, a six episode documentary on her network out of the kindness of her heart with a single thought for profit?
No, that's not what I was saying.
Is kindness the reason Oprah ordered more shooting because she didn't think the show was hard hitting enough? Is Oprah giving all the advertising revenue to Sarah or to charity?
Sarah or charity is irrelevant. I know 'charity' is a 'religion' for many and absolves all sorts of PR-chasing as 'okay' - if its for 'charity'.
Remember, Oprah started her career in newscasting. She understands what is needed for a good story - as did Walter Cronkite, as does Anderson Cooper, as does anyone in the business. Its also a job - you've got to make money to keep going. Ordering more footage is what producers do, what can I say that's not understood. Its elementary - not alarming.
She could've paid for Sarah's therapy for a fraction of the cost of the show so why put her on TV if it wasn't to make money off of a former member of the British Royal Family? The same one that just had a massive wedding a couple months back?
You're convinced its all about money - making money 'off' the RF, etc. So be it. Its her life, though - Sarah's life - that she is talking about and she has a right to it. She didn't sign away her life when she married into the RF - as another princess contemporary with Sarah was always saying - and ironically everyone supported that woman's assertions to 'tell her side' however seamy and shameful. I am not aware that Sarah has ever 'spilled the beans' about the RF, ever disparaged her ex-husband or any of her in-laws or spoken in any way except respectfully of the RF.
This is about work. If you'd like to work in the media - if you have an idea for a show - approach Oprah - easy enough to do, she makes it easy. If its good - if it meets her parameters for her network, she'll run with it. But I guarantee you - as the producer she will have oversight. Not unusual.
I'm a realist when it comes to Oprah, not a cynic. I don't drink the woman's Kool-Aid nor do I underestimate her abilities as a business woman. She got to where she is by making the right decision on what to present on television the vast majority of the time and it's paid off well.
Oh dear - her 'Kool-Aid'? She got to where she is by making tons of mistakes. She got to where she is by facing down the hate in the tabloids. She got to where she is by refusing to be defined by the haters who said a woman could not - and especially a black woman - could not. Oprah is a role model. Oprah's achievements are stunning. Oprah has a lot to share with Sarah. - and I could see Oprah wanting Sarah to succeed. Oprah knows what it is like to be slammed down and slammed down hard. Oprah knows what it is to fail - to get it wrong, to make the same mistakes over and over again. Interesting 'Kool-Aid'.
BTW, I don't watch her - or didn't - except for a few times over the years. I am acutely aware of her in the business, of course, and of her success - in my case particularly around the 'Group Reads' she has done. I am acutely aware of her charity work - both publicized and not. She may certainly be business savvy, but she is as successful as she is because she has integrity. Not that she is not flawed - I'm sure she is - she'd be the first to tell us - as she has!
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