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Gabourey Sidibe, the "star" of Precious, at the Oscars
Yesterday I wrote about Howard Stern's reaction to Oprah's newly adopted project of making the morbidly obese actress from Precious, Gabourey Sidibe, into a Hollywood star. Now Sidibe appears to be a nice girl, she laughs easily at interviews, and seems genuinely happy at her new-found place in life. But I personally think she's not that great an actress, and Stern thinks (as I do) that her roles will always be limited to her weight.
Does Oprah not see this? I'm not sure. But, that is surely the typical behavior of liberals, who see their agenda overriding any sense of reality.
Plus, Oprah's presence at the Oscars to introuduce Gabourey was her underlying expectation that her will, her wish, should be our command. In other words she is commanding: "Hollywood, look at this perfect specimen of all those things that are wrong with you, which you can make right simply by accepting Gabourey into your fold."
As I said, her stand has nothing to do with Gabourey the person, but with Gabourey the perfect symbol for those oppressed by every institution in America, and especially Hollywood. The overweight, black, female, abused, single mother (here Gabourey's real self is intertwined with her alter ego in Precious), should be vindicated and placed on the pedestal of society.
It is the whole liberal project which is stubbornly delusional. Of course, reality will hit hard as the euphoria dies down, and Gabourey is no longer offered even those guest roles in new, untried sitcoms on cable TV, which may not last another season. She has also just secured a role in an “indie” movie. But she is not even the star in the movie – surely a step down - and she will still be playing the overweight black girl from a rundown neighborhood. I don’t see it going uphill from here.
Howard Stern is right. And Oprah is the most dangerous woman in America.
