OMG The Merkel Bewb Video! The Controversy Rages On, Germany Goes Bananies. Merkel Has To Give Interview About Own Breasts. Our Advice To Angela: Just Flash Them, And Let's Get This Over With
Opera Chic loves the German papers because, unlike most American ones, they seem to operate under the assumption that "classical music" isn't a cuss word and concerts and the opera aren't just pastimes for the morons who don't appreciate a nice night sitting in front of the TV watching reruns of American TV shows (or even worse, reruns of non-American TV shows).
But the usually rational German press -- and frankly, a lot of Germans, too, apprently -- seems to have lost its collective head over the fact that the Chancellor has breasts (old superfat Helmut Kohl's man bewbs don't count, we assume), as she demonstrated a few days ago at the inauguration of Oslo's opera house.
Days after the Angela Merkel Oslo "incident", where by "incident" one means "went to the opera with a dress, not with a burqa), the debate in the press rages on.
You have the podcasts (the last resort of the desperate, more often than not).
You have the funny guy in Stern who must have watched some dubbed MTV: "P1mp My Dress".
Merkel herself had to actually talk to the media today to try and stop to the circus:
"In any event, there certainly wouldn't be a discussion like this with a man".
Heh.
(Not that anybody would even want to discuss the bulge in former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's pants, frankly). OC of all people understands the appeal of bewbs -- she even inaugurated her blog a year and a half ago posting about Mozart's bewbs. Our unofficial motto is "Viva Le Bewbs".
But this Merkel thing is getting silly now.
Opera Chic's advice to Angela: just flash them.
Really.
They're all fourteen year olds, deep inside, these press dudes. And like fourteen year olds they'll all blush, run away, and then we'll all finally be able to move on.
sometimes when i'm editing a music recording i can hear that a certain voice has been doused with too much "Antares Autotune" - pitching program. When i go to adjust the levels i see that antares isn't even on. thus, i dont judge harshly those who dismissed this image as photoshopped hype. although i thought it looked 2 legit 2 quit. i like to remain photoshop-and-antares-free. can we please get back to anna netreb. please OC?
Posted by: deadtenors | April 19, 2008 at 12:08 AM
speaking of 14.... i was 11 when i first heard this album (like all things, few years behind in Aus). OC could have emailed a link to LaScala when they tried to spoil her fun some time back. or better still, blasted it on a boombox in the auditorium, just as some Maestro raised his arms to start insulting some dead legend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8IMtsUeUbA
appropriate cept for LA reference
Y.C.F.W.T.H.H.
Posted by: deadtenors | April 19, 2008 at 12:35 AM