Inside Mesa

I would have to agree with a recent article by John MacDonald and his views regarding Oprah Winfrey and her last interview with author James Frey, A Million Little Pieces. Particularly because the two almost share the last name: Frey and Winfrey. What does Frey mean according Webster?"Frey - the Norse god of fertility, crops, peace, and prosperity". Perhaps both seeking more, reaching for more fame, believing all things are possible with money, pleasing the masses, doing what one must do to be the winner.I watched that interview when Oprah called in to validate James Frey on CNN’s Larry King. A short lived victory for a man with words and a story that riveted many, so I’m told. Then I watched the emasculation of a man on television with sadness, as the one with the most to lose apparently bowed down to her fans who were not pleased that she supported an auther whose "true story" was not completely accurate. I thought to myself as I watched the disbelief and horror on his face, that his hope, his very identity doesn’t slip away completely.I witnessed this same action on one of Winfrey’s interviews a couple of years ago when a woman was brought back to "say the right words" to protect O’s image. The woman looked perplexed, wondering what happened here as if to say "what did I say that I was made out to be some sort of monster". It seemed her words previously spoken had now been twisted and reframed to exalt Oprah to her usual place. I felt such empathy for this woman that I wrote Oprah a letter with my unapproved comments of how she buried this fragil woman before the world. I never heard back, of course.