Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Well, wouldn't you?

Let's be generous. We know that Andre Agassi did not write his own "autobiography;" he hired somebody to wrangle those pesky words for him. We know that Andre Agassi's biography isn't really important in any way, shape, or form. We know that Andre Agassi's life could be encapsulated in a moderately long Sports Illustrated article replete with lots of pictures. We know that celebrities and their "autobiographies" are exercises in vanity.

What we don't know is why, if you're going to all this trouble to draw attention to yourself, would you put a picture that for all the world looks like a police line-up photo on the cover? Did he just wake up from an all night bender? Couldn't he have shaved? Or used some eye drops to clear up that glazed vacuous stare? Or shaved? Or smiled?

If you were yelling to the world "Look at me!!!!", wouldn't you at least try to spruce up even an itsy bitsy bit?


1 comment:

  1. I hadn't yet seen the cover of his book. Your post is funny and true!

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