The debate about Why People Hate Martha Stewart continues in the Washington Post and a consultant even suggests that her image would benefit from going on Saturday Night Live to make fun of herself. The Post suggests that it's a generic case of schadenfraudeMartha has effectively glue-gunned an unattainable image of perfection to herself with the usual infuriating precision, and people want to see it all fall apart. But as usual, most of us are too busy growing our own gourds from seed, adorning our children's Easter bonnets with freshly cut pansies, and weaving bread baskets from dish towels to get too worked up about it.
Martha, in the soup [WaPo via Romenesko]