Whenever I read a magazine interview with a celebrity, I always, always, skip the first paragraph. That is because every magazine interview with a celebrity begins the same way:
"In a quiet restaurant in Los Angeles, Christian Bale takes a sip of carrot juice..."
Every freaking one. The celebrity is at the location, usually eating or drinking, and for some reason this is supposed to be very interesting.
"When I show up at Amelia's Espresso Panini in Santa Monica at 9:15 a.m. — 15 minutes before our prearranged time — Michael Keaton is already waiting, his New York Times mostly read, two-thirds of his first latte gone."
Just start with the interesting information, magazine writers. I don't care about the carrot juice or the latte. Give us a hook! A drink is not a hook!
People love to talk about joke stealing, how about first paragraph stealing? They're all doing it, and it needs to end. Because it's not good.
It feels like some weird kind of bragging. I get to hang out with celebrities! I personally saw what they were ingesting! Maybe it's to prove they didn't just email a publicist, I don't know, and I don't care, I'm just over it.
That is all.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Skip the First Paragraph
Posted on 22:22 by jona
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