Watching the ongoing debacle that is JT Leroy (aka Laura Albert)'s career going down in flames, a funny thought occurred to me. Since it seems that Laura is not in reality an ex-junkie prostitute, or HIV positive, or a transsexual (thus rendering her "art" null and void to millions of vulture voyeurs out there demanding their literature be "real"), why not give the public what they want for a change. Since I am in an extremely generous mood today, I am going to give this idea away for free:
Sarah: The Amazon Reviews.
Good, heh? Since Laura wrote the majority of the reviews herself anyway (the ones with five stars attached to them; you'll have to read for a bit) under a variety of pseudonyms, she can claim ownership to them. It can be presented as a series of correspondences complete with her fake reader reviewer names and dates (although I'm told most of the dates are real). And to make things more interesting, I'm sure the actual reviewers will be more than happy to lend their written work to this surefire-hit.
And it'll be
real. Oprah can back this one with pride. Millions, I'm tellin' ya, millions!
Here's a first draft. See what you think.
PS. Publishers, if you use the idea, all I request is Special Thanks to my pseudonym, Baron von Pretzelkins, an ex-junkie, ex-Nazi reformed truck driver-lesbian with a really bad sugar addiction. I'd really appreciate it.
