Comments on: National Publicity Goes Horribly Awry

By: susankathleensmith

susankathleensmith — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:30:22 +0000

Now that I saw the cover of one of the issues of “that” magazine, I feel I MUST subscribe…the teaser for a feature: “Bikini Ready in Minutes” seems like a must-read for me.
The Inquirer photo you link to, uh, yeah, as Borat says, “Not so much”.
The DMV photo of you is excellent. In the event that I meet a hot cop while getting pulled over, I went to get my new driver’s license photo right after coming from the hair salon.
Your hair should be the way it is, pretty, straight and sometimes pulled away from your face in a preppy flower print headband.
Fans of money, yes, you run around the house waving fans of twenties as you pay your bills…everyone does that right?
You actually watched Bedazzled? Jennifer, I am shocked. Somehow, somewhere, I watched it too.
As for the “Shoemakers children go barefoot” comment, I have experienced that as a Journalism grad who can’t write her own resume!
Finally, I bought a tiny square table for $9.97 at Goodwill upon the insistence of my friend shopping with me. I wanted a round table. It turned out that my table costs $2500 new. Maybe you can sell it on ebay and we both can appear in a much better magazine, such as Star, or the National Enquirer!

By: jennifer

jennifer — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:50:29 +0000

Jennifer

jennifer@mothersofbrothers.com

Nasal voice – good call. Yes, the last shot IS a professional model but my point is, why does she get to have long straight hair? And what is UP with everyone having to hold a fan of money, or stuff it into a big old empty jar?

By: KatieDidIt

KatieDidIt — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:15:52 +0000

I can guarantee you that none of those other women liked their photos
Lady #1 “I look like the flying nun with a snaggletooth”
Lady #2 “You can tell just from the picture that I have a very nasal voice”
Lady #3 – OK well maybe not. I think she is a prefessional model who they got as a ringer when the real picture didn’t turn out at all…

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:10:21 +0000

Sharon, your home phone #?! One would expect only perfection from Martha Stewart Living!
The lesson: even the great magazines screw up.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:47:17 +0000

The magazines always have their own agenda; too bad they don’t let us know what it is so we can turn down the supposedly wonderful publicity. One time that I was featured in M. Stewart’s Living, instead of publising my web address, they published my home phone number!

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:25:51 +0000

your bookclub friends think you look like a beautiful, wholesome midwestern housewife. Kansas perhaps??? Give us a call next time before you consent to any more PR.

By: Tracie in Tallahassee

Tracie in Tallahassee — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:05:18 +0000

Oh Jennifer!! I didn’t exactly ROTF or anything but I did actually LOL on this one! And I just LOVE the boys’ comments – especially Ian’s about the fine hair. He is ever so tactful, that one! This has caused me to reflect on 2 past burn experiences with our local newspaper, which now cause my entire family to turn tail and run like hell when they see a reporter (TV or print) with a camera. Oh – and then there was the CNN shot of my entire family protesting during the 2000 election recount in Tallahassee that ran and ran and ran and ran again for months afterwards, causing me to actually put a magazine in front of my face while waiting in the dentist’s office when it came blazing onto the TV yet again – lest anybody notice that the crazy woman on TV was sitting there with them. It was not “cute.” But hey – you can always get an 8×10 blow-up of the DL photo!!

By: Single Makeover Artist

Single Makeover Artist — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:08:10 +0000

You are courageous to be forthcoming about incinerator quality images. You own up to the shirt, but de-accession it because of the sleeve length, neck shape, and color which only flatters lighter skin with a mid-summer’s tan.
Between the photographer and the photo editor, someone Vaselined, favorably lit or airbrushed the eyes of the other moneymakers. (They were positioned so their hair hide potential iffy spots.)
Maybe we should hire their publicists.
Upright midwestern posture could have spared another sore spot.
The ballyhooed DMV shot should be ashcanned. The lighting and apparel color are better. But in the future spare yourself the pursed lips, hard short bangs, and hair behind your ears that recall Eve Arden in “The Mothers-In-Law” and “Mildred Pierce,” or Elizabeth Moss in “Mad Men.”
Neither photo captures your usual full smile which radiates warmth and enthusiasm.
Happily, Leg Model said nothing for attribution.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:10:14 +0000

D’oh! Just found the link to the DMV photo – my monitor colors must be off. That IS a great pic!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:54:19 +0000

Heeeeyyyy, where’s the much ballyhooed DMV photo? What a great story gone totally wrong! And btw, you should see the original Bedazzled with Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore – sly and witty.