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Do you remember that fateful day when Leelee Sobieski attacked us on live television...?!?
Does anyone remember ?
It was after 9-11 and Jay Leno had been interviewing her on the Tonight Show, when suddenly she committed one of the most offensive attrocities I've ever witnessed on television!
She read this poem;
~This Day And All The Rest~
One day.
One.
More than another.
The other,
that day,
those people,
too many,
too personal,
but not.
People you know know,
but you yourself know not.
Crashing down,
all frown,
hurting,
walking,
silently screaming,
slowly running,
often feeling nothing.
Seeing the lucky ones fleeing,
seeing those trapped inside.
Cry.
Cry.
It's OK.
It's not OK.
Smile if it's natural
Feel alive.
The president speaks,
The situation reeks an act of war.
I enter my room, close the door
Sit here.
Here where buildings do not fall to the floor.
we young will experience much more
future, liberty, the freedom to mope about in poetry.
My brother I love you.
Old friends and family too.
Safe for now glad to know I'm alive with all of you.
Feel what is real feel later heal.
One.
One person feeling the same as all the rest.
Please let us act and do what is best.
Mind you, this was read by her completely straight faced. With only momentary poignant pauses in which she subjected Jay and the audience to her somber stare, as if to punctuate every line.
Yes it's been 8 years, but the trauma I suffered from being subjugated to this trite attempt at a contrived commiseration has left me depressed and at times even suicidal, when I uncontrollably reflect back to that fateful day.
Would I still be able to bring a lawsuit against Leelee Sobieki and the Tonight Show for mental anguish and emotional trauma?
4 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavourite answer
Personally, I consider it a hate crime. I have declared jihad upon her and enlisted the aid of the most powerful man in the land, because he's *wink* one of us. Join us!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'd call it an outrageous and appalling attack on the American people at a time when they were at their most vulnerable! Personally, I'd take it all the way to the Supreme court if need be. Though I don't see how any court in the land wouldn't rule in your favor! At the very least she deserves to be canned, tarred and feathered, if nothing else.
I feel your pain my friend. Best of wishes and may success come from your years of therapy as a result of this traumatic incident.
- 5 years ago
I myself was a victim of her random 6th grade poem attack on that fateful day. I was at home, alone and had just turned on the Tonight Show. I feel that these days one cannot turn on the tv without being exposed to such vile and bowel movement-like utterances. I felt violated. I couldn't moved. I did find some recovery by listening to Howard Stern. He made fun of her for months, rhyming inane sentences out of nowhere… "Running! Falling! Walking! Everyone is talking!" and the like.
