Posts Tagged "mourning"

Applause replacing silence

Posted by: Cinderellain Popular Culture
13
Sep

“[Princess] Diana’s funeral may not have pioneered the use of applause where once silence reigned, but it made the practice acceptable and respectable.”

“She’s the Princess Diana of the trailer parks,” says one observer.

The ‘dumbening’ of journalism?
Give me a prurient media over watching a stoning
Anna Nicole’s full court press
In death, Smith achieved attention she always craved
Anna Nicole: an irresistibly tawdry tale
Sick of Anna Nicole news? It’s your fault

The habit of calling it grief

Posted by: Cinderellain Popular Culture
18
Feb

“When a celebrity dies, the media now knows how to build a dramatic tragedy around it. But who determines the length of the play?” I grieve, therefore I am

“Diana for kids”

Posted by: Cinderellain Popular Culture
10
Sep

A commentary about public mourning for “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin and others, including Princess Diana:
Crikey! He was only a TV presenter

Here’s an article with the original quote comparing Irwin to Diana: It’s like JFK or Diana for kids: mother

And another article about mass grieving for Diana and others: Experts ponder public grief over Irwin