Posted on 11/05/2007 9:04:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The first F bomb of the evening came early, followed rapidly by the first insult of President Bush, which, not surprisingly, incorporated the second F bomb. This was not the end of the swearing, but then, this was not your usual book fair speaker. This was Rosie O'Donnell. Or, as she is known to the patient fans without tickets waiting outside in the standby line, just plain Rosie.
O'Donnell kicked off the 24th edition of the Miami Book Fair International Sunday night at Miami Dade College, and the audience was smaller than usual on past opening nights. A rough count revealed 300 or so empty seats at a traditionally standing-room-only event. Perhaps people feared the confusing ticket process; this is the first year the fair requires tickets for its ''Evening With . . . '' program.
Or maybe Miami readers expect a more highbrow opening night.
The annual event, which runs through Sunday at Miami Dade College, has opened with such literary heavyweights as V.S. Naipaul, Toni Morrison and Tom Wolfe; Donald Trump's sparring partner was definitely an anomaly, even for an event with a notoriously liberal bent, as evidenced by crowds in previous years crazed over seeing Maureen Dowd, Madeleine Albright or Barack Obama.
Still, fans were enthusiastic, awarding O'Donnell a standing ovation when she took the stage in the Chapman Conference Center, clad in bright red Crocs and a shiny white jacket to talk about her new book Celebrity Detox (Grand Central, $23.99).
''I've never been to a book fair, so I didn't know what to expect,'' O'Donnell said. ``I thought maybe there would be rides, cotton candy. . . . Turns out it's a bunch of smart people talking about books.''
O'Donnell, 45, did talk about Celebrity Detox, but she didn't read from it. She joked about her lack of a college degree and asked if Miami Dade would provide her with one (''I don't care what kind it is,'' she said). She talked about her time on The View, politics, the pitfalls of fame and, of course, Barbra Streisand. The evening carried more of an air of the Improv than a reading, which was perfectly fine with the audience, who got a chance for questions and got their books signed.
''I've loved her since I was 11 years old,'' said Melanie Gillilandi, who was waiting in the standby line after driving down from Boynton Beach with her companion Ryan Mosher. ``It's definitely worth the trip. I love her.''
The couple made a weekend of the trip as a present for Gillilandi's 23rd birthday.
Not everyone was there to see O'Donnell. George and Bobbye Rosenberg of Bay Harbor said they were book fair fans and that they rarely miss opening night.
''We'll be back all through the week,'' George Rosenberg said.
''We'll be back for Jenna Bush,'' Bobbye said. ``I want to talk to her about her father.''
It’s a liberal cesspool down there. So O’Donuts fits right in.
It seems Rosie aka The Brawny Man is desperate for attention.
TRUE STORY:
A guy walked up to Rosie O’Donnel and said “No offense, but you sure do look like Rosie O’Donnel”
For some reason, most celebs seem to think that all you have to do to qualify for “funny” is insult President Bush. Most of these “jokes” wouldn’t be funny even if I hated him, too.
Wow. That’s so daring and cutting edge.
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Maybe you meant Miami-Dade Community College? I'd agree there, although the student body is probably much more conservative than the academic staff..
You beat me to it. I doubt she has read a book since grade school.
....”her new book Celebrity Detox (Grand Central, $23.99).”....That’s WAY to expensive for toilet paper! unless you do a Sheryl Crow and use one page at a time...
lol!!!
Re: A rough count revealed 300 or so empty seats at a traditionally standing-room-only event. Perhaps people feared the confusing ticket process
Or.....perhaps they knew who was speaking!
Perhaps they knew they’d get a hate-filled rant peppered with foul language. It’s amusing that the reporter would so obviously shield Rosie from the truth that people don’t want to hear her.
There goes the fat pig vote.
Rosie's always the epitome of class.
“F Bomb-Insult POTUS-F Bomb” Who says there’s a Writer’s Strike?
A rough count revealed 300 or so empty seats at a traditionally standing-room-only event.
''I've loved her since I was 11 years old,'' said Melanie Gillilandi, who was waiting in the standby line ...''
Seems like poor planning or bad communications if there are people waiting outside, and in a standby line and there are 300 empty seats inside.
But hey, they are so much more literate than I!
Exactly! Just like on the View when she announced she was leaving and obviously expected the audience to moan and groan. Instead they just sat there. She’s not as loved as she thinks she is.
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Posted on 11/06/2007 5:09:03 PM EST by Squidpup
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