Re: The Red Shoes US Promo Plans

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (chris williams)]

>>   Kate was scheduled to appear on Letterman when she was in New York
>>promoting _Hounds of Love_. We suspect that she canceled the gig after
>>seeing his notorious mistreatment of his female guests. I hope she
>>appears on every talk show *but* his.
>>
>
>Well, maybe.  But if it is out of principle (disgust at his leering at some
>of his female guests, which I agree he does although not as egregiously as
>he used to) I would doubt she would appear on SNL either.  It's not exactly
>Gloria Steinem heaven.
>  
>I haven't really seen him mistreat many *musical* guests, however.  In fact
>he has always seemed to treat them with something approaching awe.  It may
>be just me, because after one of my favorite artists on he always seems to
>spend several minutes going on about how great their music is.  And 
>Michelle Shocked (not known for being exactly an anti-feminist) seems to
>have a pretty good relationship with him (even sending him a handwritten
>copy of the lyrics to "anchorage" when she found out how much he liked the
>song.)

   Maybe, but he does seem to prefer women willing to adopt a "ditzy"
personia. Teri Garr is actually a very intelligent and thoughtful person
though you couldn't tell it from the she is manipulated into behaving
on Letterman's show. Cher didn't give him *half* of what he deserved.


                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
                               chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (his)
                                 vickie@njin.rutgers.edu      (hers)
                                   katefans@chinet.chinet.com (ours)