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Michelle Obama: The Biggest Star in the World
Washington feels the power of the extraordinary ordinary.
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Who could play First Lady Michelle Obama on the silver screen?
Following the European triumph by President Barack Obama and the First Lady last week, that question is not just a Hollywood parlor game -- it is another way of saying that Michelle Obama is now officially the Biggest Star in the World.
Unless you spent last week under a rock, it was impossible to avoid the stunning images of the First Couple beamed around the world from the G-20 Summit. And by now, as Michelle Obama returns here to the nation's capitol, calling her the Biggest Star in the World is not an understatement.
Millions worldwide followed the president and first lady from London to France to Prague, with the media oozing a lovefest that at times bordered on embarrasing:
"Michelle Obama: The Genuine Article," read the headline on the April 3 report by Michael White, the liberal Guardian UK's usually crotchety columnist. "First Lady of Fashion," blurted a headline in the conservative Telegraph on the same day.
Stateside reports were equally gushy, with some commentators virtually swooning in print over the star power that POTUS and FLOTUS showered across the Continent:
"Looking at the news clips from London of Michelle next to all the other well-put-together first ladies," said a breathless Tina Brown in a column at TheDailyBeast, "there’s a red-blooded realness to her that almost makes you feel the warmth of those long, sculpted arms."
The headline on that piece was, "Is Michelle Obama the New Oprah?," and I suppose we can forgive Mrs. Harold Evans for sounding like a line-sitter at Harpo Studios in Chicago's South Side.
But the prevailing comparisons of Michelle Obama to Oprah, or to Jackie Kennedy, are so far off the mark as to be laughable if they didn't so soundly and directly betray the lack of cultural knowledge of our leading media pundits.
No, the Oprah and Jackie O comparisons are quite inadequate.
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SingOutLouise Says
Good work! It is about time somebody takes Hollywood to task for its 1930s era treatment of black women and black people in general.
The bald truth is that no one in the biz of casting will know what to do, if a movie about Michelle and the president gets written......all they have in their list of contacts is the same old same old, and they don't know any real black people on the street, who are familiar with women like Michell. s for the Biggest Star in the World posters comments, you are probably some coward who doesn't like black people, who does not read any thing of meaning by black writers, because if you did, you would not make this stupid remark about Miss Alexander who is a very respected writer....if you are a judge of good writing, why don't you post your real name? I see: It is beccause you are a wannabe.
Biggest Star In The World! Says
Wow. Is this article a joke? Is Amy Alexander a high school student? She writes like a child. Calling this "the worst essay ever to appear on 'The Wrap'" would not be a understatement. Congratulations, Amy - and whoever edited you - this is a delirious camp-classic.
~Tink~ Says
Why do we need to compare FLOTUS to anyone??? Fashion-wise, she is so totally "Michelle"; not driven by fads, but totally herself with her own sense of taste. Without spending the big bucks (that aren't readily available to the common folk) on her wardrobe, she looks for classic items that are well made. My impression of her goes far beyond her attire: Michelle exudes the purest "class". She comes across as totally genuine, and her actions back that up completely as is reported by those who meet her in those classrooms, the soup kitchens, and other events. I am extremely proud of our President and his First Lady.
Sharon Johnson Says
My vote is for Teresa Randall (Bad Boys, Girl 6) to play Michelle Obama.
Great article on a great First Lady!
Thanks!
Barack Obama Says
Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are most incredible, more so together. I think the comparisons of Michelle Obama to Oprah is an insult thought, the Obama comparison to Jackie Kennedy is more appropriate.
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All we need now is for Michelle Obama to get behind a cause publicly.