Susan Sarandon is "the Johnny Appleseed of ping-pong," and she is making a reality show about it.
People reports:
"It won't be the Jersey Shore,"
the actress tells People at a World Champions Event at her ping-pong
nightclub, SPiN, about her latest
project. "It's more of an episodic documentary. We're trying to invent
something you haven't seen before that follows a bunch of people in this
crazy little subculture." Sarandon, 63, an investor in SPiN, plans to use the show to record
the club's growing business--and the community that's formed there,
especially the young players who are trying to make it to the Olympics.
("One of them probably will," she says.)First of all: OK, sure. Susan Sarandon really likes ping-pong, and she's invested some of her millions of dollars into supporting that interest, and in doing so has created a haven for and become a dignified spokesperson for "a bunch of people in this crazy little subculture," which is a nice way of saying "table tennis fanatics who also enjoy drinking, listening to dance music and occasionally socializing with women." And, in the grand scheme of obscure reality shows, this one actually sounds like it could be interesting and could give these athletes a much-needed venue to inform the public about how much talent, hard work and practice it takes to become a ping-pong champion. (The Olympics! My stars!) I mean, I would watch this show. I
will watch this show.
But still:
Haha! "The Johnny Appleseed of ping-pong"? Relax, Susan Sarandon. And why does every pop culture news headline these days sound like it was written by a pair of 10-year-olds in the back seat of a minivan?
Examples just from the past few days:"Playboy Approaches Justin Bieber's Mom"
"Is Oprah Really Removing Her Sixth Toe?"
"Jeremy London
Tried Climbing Tree Before Reporting Kidnapping"
"Octomom Launches Projectile Babies"
"A case for why you should
like Tom Cruise again"Huh? (Especially that last one.)
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad news cycle. It's enough to make you want to hole up at the [location] and play [obscure, non-athletic sport] all night while [aging celebrity], "the Johnny Appleseed of [noun]," prances around in his/her overalls and plants [adjective] [plural noun] in the carpet.
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