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Exclusive: Oprah Winfrey Ruins Everything

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (12)

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Remember when I wrote the other day about one of the new trends in Hollywood being movies about real people who do spectacularly dumb things in real life for one year, write about it, and get paid? The Year of Living Biblically is being made into a movie, as is Eat, Pray, Love, and so was Julie & Julia (in addition to Hodding Carter’s Frugal Family, about a family that does the unbelievable: They lives on a budget. For a whole year!)

Well, this one takes the stupidity cake. There’s a woman out there; her name is Robyn Okrant, a 35-year-old yoga instructor. She decided, in 2008, to live her entire life based on Oprah Winfrey’s show. She bought what Oprah suggested she buy; read books recommended by Oprah; she ate and exercised according to Oprah; and even her sex life was dictated by what she saw on Oprah. I wonder if she also learned to make every single conversation she has revolve completely around herself? (To be fair, in the end, Okrant had plenty of criticisms about Oprah’s lifestyle suggestions).

So, she blogged about it. Then she turned it into a book. And now she’s got a movie deal. Fox has optioned the rights to the book, and the priority project is currently in revisions. Kara Holden — who wrote The Opposite of Love, a project currently in development with Anne Hathaway attached — wrote the first draft. There is no director attached yet.

And here’s my favorite review, from Amazon.com reviewer, Wella, who I think hit the nail on the head here and appropriately used all caps in her review.

SHE IS BRAINWASHED AND CONTROLLED BY GAYLE AND OPRAH. THERE ARE HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS ENCRYPTED WITHIN THE SENTENCES. DO NOT BY THIS BOOK! EVIL LURKS WITHIN!

Evil, indeed. Do not “by” this book, folks. And don’t “by” a movie ticket, either.









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Comments

Another sign of the Apocalypse. Repent! The end is near.

Posted by: , at May 21, 2010 11:39 AM

Another sign of the Apocalypse. Repent! The end is near.

May 21, 2011, actually - per the pamphlet the not at all crazy looking guy handed to me on the street this AM. I'm a little disappointed. I was expecting strip club discounts, announcement of a band or show, or something political.

I'll be blogging as I read further. Watch for my movie deal!

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at May 21, 2010 11:55 AM

I've heard about this woman, and I think it's pathetic.

Oprah gets on my nerves, but I can't blame her for this, because Okrant must not have much of a life to base it on what Oprah tells her to do.

And this isn't going to help Hathaway's career, if the Oscar is what she's going for.

Posted by: Brie at May 21, 2010 11:59 AM

Wow, Robyn is going to think this is so hilarious. You guys know this was a 1-year-only social experiment, right? You might want to read her blog to judge for yourself.

Posted by: Julie at May 21, 2010 12:22 PM

Umm, why are you all against this woman? Oprah is constantly spewing non-sequitoresque recommendations about how to live your life with no proof that putting it all together will improve it at all, so this woman decides to put Oprah to the test and you all look down on her for it??? She is challenging the Great Oprah at her own game, people! She is now one of my favorite people and I'll hear no more nonsense from any of you.

Posted by: Kballs at May 21, 2010 12:46 PM

Che,
Don't worry, they have tar balls down there! We're all saved!!!

But seriously, does Obama's handling of this oil spill feel like a micro-version of Bush and his bumbled handling of New Orleans after Katrina? We shouldn't be doing offshore drilling if we aren't prepared to immediately deal with a major catastrophe like this. It's shameful.

Posted by: Kballs at May 21, 2010 12:55 PM

They need a Red Adair for underwater wells.

Posted by: , at May 21, 2010 1:40 PM

I didn't get the impression that this woman was following Oprah's suggestions out of some blind devotion; I took it as an 'experiment' to see if what the masses are spoon-fed every day by the so-called 'experts' on tv stood up to scrutiny. My impression after seeing her interviewed on tv was that, some things rang true for her, while others did not, and the bottom line was, it's ridiculous to think someone, anyone, even Oprah, can tell you how to live your life. [And WOW does that sentence run on and on].

Anyway, I'd watch this movie on tv if only to laugh at the thought of someone following ANYONE's advice for a year SERIOUSLY. As in, not tongue-firmly-in-cheek.

Posted by: Stella at May 21, 2010 3:20 PM

Che,

You can’t compare Obama’s handling of the oil leak to Bush’s handling of Katrina. Bush had a fucking week to decide what to do about Katrina and he still found a way to fuck it up. On the other hand Obama has been on top of the oil leak since it happened. Maybe you shouldn’t get all your news from FOX.

Kballs,

You tree hugger you, are you prepared to stop driving? Because if you aren’t then there’s a need to be drilling off shore. Cars need oil my friend, even those overpriced Prius hybrids. I wouldn’t care if we had wind turbines in the Atlantic and the Pacific we would still need oil. Maybe if America invested in wind and solar energy starting in the late sixties we wouldn’t be in Oilamageddon now.

Posted by: Pookie at May 21, 2010 5:59 PM

tar balls - ouch!

Posted by: Odnon at May 21, 2010 7:29 PM

Pookie catches a lot of shit, but the man has a point. Bush sat around with his thumb in his ass for a week while a major metropolis drowned. A pipeline owned by BP fails, the (poorly maintained) redundant safety systems fail, Obama mobilizes the Coast Guard and tells BP to go screw when they ask for federal money for the clean-up. How are these behaviors at all similar? Because they both involve Louisiana? Why not blame those Cajun-fried assholes then? That makes as much sense as pretending this is somehow "Obama's Katrina."

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 22, 2010 6:38 AM

I hate me some Oprah, and anyone that finds a way to publicly clown her with her own nonsense is cool with me. Would I watch the movie? No. I can look thru that ridiculous magazine of O's to see that it's full of bullshit and keep my movie monies in my pocket.

Posted by: Chickaboom at May 22, 2010 10:11 AM