Like Lea Michele, We Also Deal With Literacy Rumors
Glee Actress, Lea Michele, recently said the rumors that she can’t read and write are false. As someone that can barely read or write, this story hit home, and the BBC needed to quickly jump in and give some PR advice to Lea. Big mistake not playing into this. Of course she can read and write, it’s a pretty dumb, albeit funny conspiracy theory.
Now that she has addressed the rumor there is a little, “The lady doth protest too much” vibes going on, this isn’t a story that will die anytime soon. So in her next interview we have some recommendations that Lea can take in order to win the PR battle. Lea, you gotta LEAn into it this (and I’ll see my way out), not deny it. Here are a few ways you can control the story, and not let it control you.
Embrace the Underdog Story
Lea admits she can’t read and has never been able to read. Imagine the shockwaves this would create? Lea has made it this long into life without the ability to read. It’s inspirational. She struggled to hide this big secret and only succeeded by sheer determination and will. Oprah would come out of retirement (is she retired?) to interview her. They’d greenlight a movie about her story in a week. Who doesn’t love an underdog story? Roll all the elements of Rudy, Rocky, Gattaca, and Scarface, into a script, we’ll call it: “Unreadable: What This Title is to Lea Michele” (working title) and you got yourself an Oscar worthy movie.
She’s Too Busy to Read
Who has time for reading these days? (Well we do since we are a book club podcast/blog). But reverse it on people, make them feel bad about having the ‘privilege’ of being literate. Add a few stories in there to make it resonate, “I never had time to learn how to read and write, I was too busy acting and doing volunteer work. Reading and writing don’t seem that important when you’re handing out food to a homeless crippled boy in Mozambique.” Maybe even make it a cause “After seeing the literacy rates in other countries, I decided to go on a literacy strike. Some people say it’s what Gandhi would have done.” Who makes fun of her now?
Reading is for Peasants
Oh you still read? That’s cute. I know how to read, but it’s below me. Why strain my eyes going through scripts when I can have an assistant/peasant read it for me. We take the same approach here at the Buddy Book Club, why do you think we listen to audiobooks? In the future everything is going to be AI controlled anyway. We’ll have chips implemented into our brain and AI will just read everything for us. Lea is living in the future, she is so 3008, while you’re so 2000 and late.
Join the Buddy Book Club
The fourth and most obvious option is to just join the Buddy Book Club, read a book and prove all the haters wrong. In fact, we challenge all of you out there to join the BBC, if you don’t we’ll just assume you’re illiterate as well. Have a favorite book or want to pass along some additional advice to Lea? Reach each out and share your thoughts. Or if you want to see what real illiteracy looks like check out the rest of our blogs.
P.S. This needed to be added in because it’s relevant and hilarious.
