Secrets of the City

am i the only one who doesn’t get what the fuss is about ms. cody?

Possibly. Diablo’s a fantastic writer. Even if you don’t like the content (I generally love it), you have to agree she really knows how to put a paragraph together.

I dunno. I couldn’t stomach her City Pages piece last week; never finished it, mainly because it felt too made up–or at least it seemed like a syrupy, pop-culture hyper-exaggeration of my own Catholic upbringing.

I liked the article, but I wasn’t raised Catholic.

I just assume that the non-fiction for entertainment I enjoy reading is embellished or exaggerated.

That’s the last thing in the world I want to hear from an ex who says she’s writing a book about dating! Heh.

She’s a great writer.
I hope this direcrtor will bring one of his previous actresses to this project: angelia jolie.

Jen: no. HELLS no.

I don’t get the fuss about her either. For someone who tries as hard as she does to be provocative — and she really does try — her writing is surprisingly lifeless. Take away the “Hey, I used to be a stripper! Aren’t you SHOCKED?” shtick, and there’s not much left.

Still, new book, signed screenplay…she’s obviously doing something right.

I don’t think she does know how to put a paragraph together. I’ve read her work to determine this. She has about three paragraph templates – that’s it. There are about three stock jokes, each one working through a comparison to pop culture.

Period. Same shit. Over and over and over again.

Seriously – anyone who thinks that this girl can write needs to look more closely. This girl knows how to tell us – over and over and over – that she used to show some tits for money. She has nothing left to say until she turns to porn or prostitution to get some more attention.

So why did she hit it? Two reasons, I think.

a. She has about the right look, which she’s smart enough to post to her website over and over again. Basically, she’s hot enough for the alt guys to want her, and sufficiently homely(as she also underlines again and again) that they’re sure they can bang her after a few vodka tonics.

b. She’s a blogger. Here’s a shocker – publishing companies are often sort of lame. They basically just comb the blogosphere because someone told them it’s the ‘new’ big thing. Cody’s ass is the last Internet Bubble. Why such a popular blog? It has all the porn keywords to without too much porn.

Great marketing strategy on her part (unless it failed, in which case it would’ve been girls-gone-wild dumb)…but god, that writing is some odious crap.