Look Out for Oprah

Well, it seems that everyone’s making a bunch of noise that another inspirational Oprah story has proven to be less than truthful.  Last time it was author James Frey, whose "memoir" A Million Little Pieces turned out to be more fiction than fact.  This time, it’s Herman Rosenblat, a 79-year-old concentration camp survivor.  Apparently he had a great story about meeting his wife when they were both in the camps, and she would throw apples to him over the fence - a very sweet and haunting story of love amidst the ultimate adversity.  It turns out there was no apple tossing, but they still did meet in and survive a concentration camp.  But apparently, Oprah is "disappointed."  And you know you don’t want to disappoint Oprah.  That’s like disappointing Don Corleone… only with a fancy TV set.  Personally… I don’t particularly care about how Oprah feels.  But I’m sure she’ll continue to make us care.  After the truth came out about Frey, she had him back on the show and proceeded to berate him for an hour.  But somehow, I don’t think she’s going to come out looking like the good guy if she ends up bitching out a 79-year-old holocaust survivor… ya know?  Part of me hopes she tries it.  Maybe then we can knock her down from deity status.  Either that, or she’ll actually end up villifying a man who survived horrors than none of us could ever imagine.  Ah, Oprah, I’m disappointed.

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