The Daily Mail and F Scott Fitzgerald
Tuesday, 5th October 2010
Top spot by Amol Rajan:
Daily Mail, p5: “Being slim ‘makes a woman happier than any man could’”.
Daily Mail, p11: “Having a big bottom and thighs could shape up to a longer life, claim researchers”.As Amol says, living long and being happy ain't necessarily the same. But what this means, I think, is that the Daily Mail has a high opinion of its readers (at least its female readers anyway) since it expects them to satisfy Scott Fitzgerald's definition of a first-rate intelligence, namely "the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."
To wit: I must be slim and I must be curvy. Each in moderation, of course.
Admittedly, that famous line comes from The Crack-Up but that's a different matter altogether.
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Rhoda Klapp
October 5th, 2010 6:14pm Report this comment"One newspaper attributes different conflicting opinions to different people" is not exactly controversial or enlightening.
Unless it is a chance to sneer at the Daily Mail, of course.
Pete
October 6th, 2010 3:44pm Report this commentEvery day provides a new opportunity to sneer at the Daily Mail.
Odious rag.
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