Dear Angela Hawksford,
First of all, let us state our thanks for linking our website in your recent Mariah Carey – #Beautiful review on your website TheVine.com.au (http://www.thevine.com.au/music/news/mariah-careys-ugly-beautiful/) titled ‘Mariah Carey’s ‘#Beautiful’ is #Ugly’.
Now, let’s get to your “review”.
While we appreciate and respect people’s personal opinions, your review is actually the only #Ugly thing about #Beautiful. It reads like a long-winded tweet by some jaded teenager who is as secure in their own skin as a bubble in a cyclone. The ongoing trend these days in the media is for people to use their professional (we use this term as loosely as you have shown to do) standing to put forward bias and personal opinions on a subject matter they clearly already have an issue with before they even begin to think of a not-at-all-original-heading for their written piece.
Although we couldn’t get through the entire review (mainly due to the stench of its prejudice), it is clear that you have followed Mariah’s career for quite some time. We understand that people change and with change, people’s opinions of that person can change as well. Noted. Respected. However, the rantview (let’s coin a phrase while we’re going at it) that you managed to spend too much time on for someone you clearly have no real interest in is neither unexpected or new. This flavour of “journalism” is a current trend because it’s easy. It’s effortless and requires no real journalism skills – the lack of which is clearly on display throughout your entire review.
However, we respect your opinion. And we understand that it fits completely with TheVine.com.au vibe. I mean a vine, is after all, a creeping plant that uses other well-established structures (like Mariah) to support itself. People have been using Mariah Carey in this way for years. The difference is Mariah will continue to maintain her longevity, her established career and her endless talent long after the effort you went to to disrespect her dissipates, as it always does, into nothing.
Seriously though, thanks for the link.
Yours truly,
The Lambily.
