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Victoria Beckham's US media blitz backfires
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-07-17 10:33
Victoria Beckham, seen here 13 July 2007, and her attempts to woo the US
media since arriving in Los Angeles soccer star husband David appear to
have backfired, with critics savaging a reality show to be broadcast
Monday.[AFP]
NEW YORK (AFP) - Victoria Beckham's attempts to woo the US media since
arriving in Los Angeles soccer star husband David appear to have
backfired, with critics savaging a reality show to be broadcast Monday.
"Victoria Beckham: Coming to America," was originally intended as a
mini-series, but trimmed to a one hour special by the NBC network.
Billed as a revealing special that "delves into Victoria's
larger-than-life world to reveal, among other things, her wicked sense of
humor and style," the show failed to impress the mainstream media.
The New York Post gave the show a damning zero-star review, slamming the
pop-star turned fashion figure as "relentlessly self-promoting" with
"vapid, condescending behavior" in a show described as "an orgy of
self-indulgence."
"You'll sit there slack-jawed at the gall of these people who think we
are that stupid," the Post's reviewer wrote in a scathing broadside, also
laying into the couple's "nightmarishly overdone rococo mansion" in
Beverly Hills.
"The 'special' which NBC calls an 'exclusive' inside look at Victoria's
larger-than-life life smacks of too much fame, too much money and too
much time spent believing the hype for all concerned," the paper wrote.
The New York Times was no more forgiving in its write-up, describing
Victoria Beckham as being "somewhat famous for being sort of famous, and
is photographed a lot in Britain."
"She does appear to be pleasant and not without a sense of humor. But
that isn't quite enough to carry viewers through an hour of house
hunting, sunbathing and applying for a driver's license," the paper's
reviewer said.
"There has to be something going on behind the scenes because there is no
other way to explain so much time and videotape spent on the moving
arrangements of Mr. Beckham's wife.
"If she can retain viewers past the first commercial break, then the
results will be conclusive: either there is a vast, media-controlling
conspiracy afoot, or there is no such thing as celebrity ditz-fatigue,"
the paper said.
The US media has been having a field day since the couple arrived in Los
Angeles last week, when David began a new chapter at the LA Galaxy soccer
club, with the pair appearing on magazine covers, chat shows and
television specials.
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