Here's a tally of how Octomom Nadya Suleman has done so far: she's snagged 168 000 in workman's comp for a back injury that didn't prevent her from carrying invitro fertilized octuplets. She also managed to live rent and bill free for years courtesy of her long suffering mother. During that time mom Angela lost her own house, and went into debt to the tune of 30 000 at least once. Octomom also managed to find a doctor willing to perform serial invitro on her - even though she is apparently capable of getting pregnant the old fashioned way. After a barrage of media interviews, and a place in the Guinness records books, Nadya is now apparently within spiting distance of owning her own 1.4 million dollar mansion. It comes with 4 bedrooms and a pool. What next - stealing Brad Pitt away from the real Angelina Jolie?? Oh yeah, and she is apparently being represented by lawyer Gloria Allred. She's the gal who coined the phrase 'gender apartheid' in her land mark case against the Boyscouts of America! Now this has a lot of people asking 'WTF is going on?' The consensus seems to be that Suleman is being rewarded for being a mentally ill fucktard. As answers tend to raise even more questions, this one raises the troubling question of 'who's rewarding her?'
Who taught you to live like that? I saw it on Let's Make a Deal! It's the new name of the game!
Basically she's a sign of the times and the world we live in. Mentally ill fucktard can be an advantage if you're living in a mentally ill fucked up society, and you are the right kind of crazy. People have supported her and enabled her every step of the way. I'm not as much inclined to ask what's wrong with her - that's obvious, as what's wrong with society - 'cause she's comin' out a head so far, and one of the few flourishing in a negative economic cycle that's even knocked out Wall Street's big players. She's Celebrity 3.0 (Celebrity 2.0 being all those reality TV types and the 'famous for being famous' set) - and one of a generation of Americans who learned that winning the game means getting famous, and that means being media savvy if nothing else. She's probably grown up watching everyone from politicians to Paris Hilton spin the media for fun and profit as a way of life. She probably couldn't help noticing that all those quirking Price is Right contestants were only one outlandish fuck up away from becoming independently famous! She's not going away either. In fact I think she's only warming up (her 'notoriety' is building up as more and more people get more and more pissed off with her - and as we see, fame can be translated into wealth. They don't have to like you, they just have to keep paying attention and reacting!). I think we're gonna be seeing many more like her come along soon too. Also if I were her doctor, I'd already be bracing myself for the malpractice suit if this thing goes sour on her. It's become pretty obvious how she plays the game.
Post Script: Nadya Suleman is Celebrity 3.o. 2.0 to 3.0 is the jump from The Gong Show to Let's Make a Deal. The Gong Show requires contests to have some pretense to actual talent. Let's Make a Deal merely requires you to show up and make a fool of yourself. The more of a spectacle you can make of yourself, the better your chances, 'cause you gotta get noticed before you can cash in.
Getting noticed is remarkably easy too. You just need a gimmick; like having test tube octuplets, or shaving your head! After all Sinead O Connor would've been just another preachy retro folkie - until she shaved her head. That made her remarkably relevant in spite of her rehashed politics, 'cause in the end people where talking about her bald head. With her compatriot Andrea Corr now struggling to keep her solo career going, it's interesting to think that she might be only one outrageously bad hair day away from taking it to the next level (I suggest an outrageous dye job, along with a public announcement that she's tired of getting attention for being 'so good looking', and wants to be taken seriously as an artist. "I want you to pay attention to my music, not my pretty face! That's why I've got you all looking at and talking about my outrageous hair!")! Before you say "That's outrageous!" stop and think about how often Amy Winehouse's outrageous beehive gets mentioned in the press! It gets as much coverage as the singer herself, and will soon be able to demand equal billing!You could be famous too, & cash in. Maybe you could quit you're job, and then sue Oprah Winfrey for loss of income, claiming that you were inspired by The Laws of Attraction! I'm sure that Gloria Allred has room in the schedule for one more nutcase. Maybe you could claim to be the victim for some kind of discrimination, perhaps for wearing a tinfoil hat to work. A bizarre conspiracy theory might get you a following too - the conspiracy theory is the successor to the religious cult (Welcome to the Age of Aquarius!!). You can't really blame poor old Octomom for figuring out how the deal works - she's doesn't make the rules, she only plays the game.
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