This time, the lost Lenore inquires, "Victoria's Secret...now too sexy?"
Me reply:
Dubbed the "poor man's Playboy," Victoria's Secret is not too sexy, not in today's anything-goes world where you can see--on basic cable--a woman give a man "digital" satisfaction (BREAKING BAD is the show) and where on "regular" TV, a bare butt or bare nearly anything is considered family viewing. Asking if VICTORIA's SECRET is too sexy is like asking are the Montgomery Wards/Sears bra ads too sexy, i.e. it's old school, old world, just plain old. Better question is, who even CARES about Victoria's Secret anymore? My guess is this "too sexy" business and the new line Victoria's Secret is now touting is more than likely a publicity stunt to give their tired line some attention. I'm reminded of a line from the movie, INHERIT THE WIND, where Gene Kelly, playing the H.L. Mencken role, says of "Matthew Harrison Brady" (William Jennings Bryan), "How do you write an obituary for a man who has already been dead for 20 years?" Victoria's Secret has been dead since the early 90s. The internet and cable killed it. It just doesn't know it yet.
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- Modern Mencken in Poe Baltimore
- An award-winning PR practitioner with 20+ years experience in the field, I began my career in journalism with The Washington Times and later with community newspapers in Baltimore where I was a reporter, editor and columnist. Today, I freelance for papers in the Baltimore area and co-write a dating/relationship column. A summa cum laude graduate in writing and English Literature, I earned my master's at Johns Hopkins University. I've been a competitive fencer for 21 years and helped start two annual fencing-oriented fundraising events. I served as editor and publicist for my 80something father's first book of poetry in 2005. I've tried everything from calligraphy to horseback riding to training at the Adult Space Academy in Huntsville, Alabama.
1 comment:
perhaps you have a point mr. m.m. however, i receive no less than 2 vickie secret catalogues per week...so if they're dead, they sure do have one heck of a printing budget. bad victoria's secret! bad! not only do they show excessive body parts, but they also are excessive with their misuse of paper products. sexy? yes! green? no! dead? you still got a pulse don't cha?!!...
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