News Media Uncovers Diablo Cody ‘Scandal.’
In a news development that should be shocking to no one, nude photos of Diablo Cody have been uncovered by the website Egotastic (Find it yourself. This is about the news, not the nudes).
Now, major news outlets are picking up on this and running with it. Headlines such as “Nude Scandal for Diablo Cody” and “Diablo Cody in More Trouble Than an Oscar Montage Editor” (E!’s headline, not mine) are making their way across the country. Why is anyone surprised by this? The woman previously earned an income by removing her clothing. Obviously, she’s comfortable with her body. Hey! Did you know Diablo Cody was a stripper before she wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for “Juno?” You did?? Oh, because they mentioned it on the Oscars 19 times, and the words “Diablo Cody” and “Stripper” are always used in the same sentence? Wow! Then why the hell is this a scandal??
It’s a scandal when an actor goes off and murders someone. It’s a scandal if they’ve been caught with a trannie hooker. It’s NOT a scandal when everyone knows you were a stripper, and topless picture of you are released. Sounds like a normal day in the life, if you ask me.
This just goes to show that not even an Oscar is more powerful than boobs.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
I thought it was crass the first time Jon Stewart made a comment about Diablo Cody’s former work experience. Jon Stewart, for the most part, is above cheap shots (would you consider this a cheap shot?) and The Academy Awards is the biggest awards ceremony for entertainers.
The Oscars used to capture the essence of Hollywood; a place where we can all get away and forget our own lives and experience a different world. A place where any topic that ventured away from Hollywood (Michael Moore’s political statements?) is not received well. I was surprised when Jon Stewart had a few cracks about the 2008 U.S. Presidential race. It’s The Oscars, Jon, not The Daily Show.
I can understand that in the wake of writers strike the importance of going on with the show and showing the World that Hollywood is still kicking, but the telecast felt thrown together and to poke jabs at an up-incoming talented writer is a little too easy – writers.
I do realize that some of the joke telling during The Oscars is meant to be “roast-esque.” Leave the roasting to the veterans that have earned the honor of being roasted, not towards a new face where such statements could almost discredit them not only as a good writer, but as a human being.