Couldn’t resist following up to Tuesday’s post after the newest developments about Tiger emerged. Tiger’s statement Wednesday finally gave the people what they wanted. His words revealed his marriage to be a relationship on the brink and his home life as deeply troubled.
To continue with the metaphor I used in Tuesday’s post, the sharks not only smell the blood in the water, they’ve found the victim and gone in for the kill.
Twitter is atwitter (and facebook, youtube, and blogosphere as well) with musical spoofs of Tiger’s voicemail to his mistress and last week’s 911 call. A video mashup is also making the rounds, which combines images from Tiger’s accident with the music video for Jazmine Sullivan’s jaded-woman anthem, “Bust the Windows Out Your Car.”
In case there was any doubt that people are taking pleasure in Tiger’s misfortune, there’s your proof.
The Tiger situation is certainly nothing new. America’s obsession with celebrities and the pseudo-celebrities of reality TV certainly breeds this sort of schadenfreude. It’s a topic that we’re discussing a lot at Out of The Blue and we’re very much looking forward to pursuing on the path to ENVY the Documentary.
We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Great post, Lauren! One might say you’re on the Tiger Beat. 🙂