a fight for the soul of poptimism...

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

...has broken out on this thread. Since I am now using 'poptimist' with scare quotes, it may be possible that I am about to publicly 'break' with 'the' 'movement'. :-)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

But wasn't the point of the programme that Paris neither thought she could work on a farm nor particularly cared?

When I talked to her PR he said he wanted people to treat it like they would the Xtina album. And it hasn't actually been savaged by critics particularly.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Lex a PR who tells journalists, "Go on then, have a laugh at my client", is not going to keep their job very long!!! (or is AWESOMELY clever if they do!)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

But it's difficult to treat it the same as the Xtina album because the latter is/has a better overall product i.e. terrific voice, huge production values. Paris could have the latter but not the former (and I might prefer PH album production if it's more 'modern' or 'futuristic' than Xtina's retro bluster. But she could still be as arresting (a more appropriate word than 'convincing' perhaps) as Xtina. Is she though? On occasion, almost!