Sunday, January 04, 2009

Another memoir on Oprah Show found to be (partially) made up --

http://www.tnr.com/booksarts/story.html?id=f458c2c8-0d4f-4dc7-8cba-15e465c2201a&p=1

Why was it marketed as a memoir?

Why did he not write it as a novel (fiction)?

Oprah Show and book and film etc audiences also want "memoirs."

Sensationalism is the culprit.

I can think of several examples from the Burmese survivor/media world.

Kyi May Kaung

Love in the Asylum--read by Dylan Thomas himself--interpreted in dance, animation, adult.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/musk-warns-republicans-voting-for-trump-mega-bill/84422289007/?utm_source=firefox-ne...