Shaking my head this morning as the Paris Hilton saga continues to unfold.
What more could a person hope for in order to skirt punishment for a crime? Hilton's sentence was commuted from 45 days to 23, yet she only served three days and qualified (if the term can be used with a straight face) for an early release due to "medical concerns".
All questions about medicial concerns were put to rest when we saw the outrageous footage of a caterer coming to her house with three tubs of cupcakes. Just think of her mantra: "I'm the queen; I skirted the law; I get to have it my way again... to heck with the police and the law."
I will never lay an aggressive hand on a woman; I've said so since day one. But I wouldn't mind hiring hit men to slap the crap out of her after her celebrity status got her through her probation violation. Take a look at the rest of human-kind; the non-Hollywooders... ask any who violated probation if they snacked on cupcakes afterwards.
Outside of acting in yet another of those reality TV series venues, just what is it Paris Hilton does? She's heir to the Hilton Hotel chain, yet does she have a shared interest or a director's position in-waiting on their board? Whatever, whatever, she'd probably say. Look at her dazed expression on her face during the red-carpet treatments she demands... could she even work a complex computer program? (Blackberries don't count.)
Silver-platter treatment has been around forever, but now TV & entertainment watchers are up to their necks in it. My children would never get away from a prima-donna attitude. You have to be good in your business in order to carry confidence that far -- and I can't figure out what business she's good at.
I agreed with everything MSNBC was saying about her yesterday, and it all comes down to preferential treatment. "Oh, we don't want her to be a bad influence on her fans by putting her in jail," is a prevailing thought. Skirting jail tells her fans it's all right to break the law and NOT expect to be punished. That in itself is a bad influence. I know it's painfully obvious. I'm just not sure she knows.
The celebrity pull-over excuse: "Don't you know who I am?" We wish we didn't, sorry.
Former MLB catcher Carlton Fisk said it best during a 1990 interview with the makers of a baseball preview magazine. Without knowing the exact words, Fisk said that to make it in this world, you have to earn it. "Just because you're 16, doesn't mean you deserve a new red sports car in the garage." And Lord knows I won't be playing a spoiler to kids. I'll root for them best I can, but I expect to see effort.
Though I thought he was just a bitter man when he said it, he had a point. He believed in life discipline. If people silver-platter everything, where will the effort be in this world?
Oh, I think once Paris Hilton enters her 40s, she'll look around and wonder what's going on around her, why life has passed her by, why no one will pay attention to her anymore.
Publishing companies, save your precious ink when that time arrives!
