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

Elaine Paige--sings Memory from Cats--some of the lyrics by T S Eliot.

My friend,now Dr Pattaraporn Sirikanchana from Thailand, then a Buddhism Ph.D.candidate, was so excited to be going to NYC to watch Cats,but...