They Cut to the Chase
Today’s best Blood Diamond article comes from New York magazine: the movie review, They Cut Glass. And Hands. The article leads off with what’s become the bottom line for us all: will it actually change consumer behavior? And, dear me, what will the celebrities do at awards time? Wear paste? Read it and weep:
“It will be fun to see which stars are willful and/or clueless enough to wear diamonds to this year’s Academy Awards if the political action melodrama Blood Diamond—about the carnage surrounding the mining of the gemstones in Sierra Leone—racks up a lot of nominations. Forgive me for opening on such a superficial note, but the truest measure of the worth of the movie—which is both excitingly well made and dispiritingly formulaic—will be in what trickles down: whether strong box office plus Leonardo DiCaprio’s earnest proclamations on Oprah plus the opportunistic shame of Hollywood goddesses can disrupt Tad and Suzy’s engagement-ring expedition and Dad’s anniversary surprise for Mom.”
And honestly, once the movie buzz dies down, what will the jewelry blogs write about? Who is thinking about our needs?
encore un article très intéressant