Madeleine McCann: Blown Out Of All Proportion
MADELEINE McCann is on the beach at Praia da Luz. Or at least her likeness is.
As the Mail reports, Chris Lennox and Les Harley, have driven 2,200 miles from Scotland. They have brought along a 800 sq ft giant inflatable billboard appealing for Madeleine’s safe return.
The Mail doesn’t say anything about Chris Lennox and Les Harle nor why they should choose to display Madeleine’s image in such a fashion. Is this not a little unusual, creepy even?
At least the BBC bothers to speak with campaigners. It hears Mr Lennox tell us: “My heartstrings have been pulled on this and I want to help. I have a family with small kids and my wife has been following this from day one. She told me to come out here and do what I could. I am clearly here to help raise awareness.”
Such is the way of public spectacles, like the Madeleine McCann mystery, that many feel involved. They want to do their bit. But what can they do? Put themselves in the public eye? Make a huge inflatable and show the world how much they care?
Lennox and Hale plan to tour the area with their massive inflatable sign. And surely it will keep Madeleine’s name in the public eye. People will be reminded that Madeleine McCann has gone missing. Parents on holiday will be made aware that children can be taken. They will anxiously hug their children closer. And, if they’ve read some of the over the top media coverage, they will worry over holidaying in Portugal.
Meanwhile, back in the UK, Sun readers can go online and watch a video of Madeleine. It’s called “Maddie on Mobile”. The Mail has stills of Madeleine McCann at the airport, excitedly climbing the airplane’s steps.
The two films, one of 13 seconds and another of nine, were taken on camera phones. “Somewhere in the background there’s even the sound of her voice,” says the Mail. Ghouls will love it.
And they can see it on the Sun’s website. Right after an advert for a film called Paradise Lost, featuring lot of babes in bikinis, and before “Sex in the City, a video showing a couple shagging on a London rooftop, there’s Madeleine on the airport shuttle bus.
So we look. But what does it teach us? Only that the media owns the story of Madeleine McCann. And that she is just another form of entertainment to pass the time before the next show…
Posted: 29th, May 2007 | In: Madeleine McCann Comments (262) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
Comments
May 29th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
elmer g, i’m not your buddy. and i think my comment is self-explanatory. are you threatening me? because that would be very un-american. but back to the point, anourmouse is probably a paedophile, perhaps even a suspect in this case.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
anourmouse… we were all children once!!! no child is insignificant.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
bla has called Anourmouse an arsehole
…I think this is a insult to real arseholes, at least they have a function!
May 29th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
I hope anourmouse is not Australian. I think and nationality would be ashamed to call anourmouse their own
May 29th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
What about those without children? Perhaps they’re sick of you lot harping on about one insignificant case.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I agree dd
May 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Spidermanic - you say “is anourmouse american? ah, this would explain everything.”
You wanna explain yourself buddy?
May 29th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
i wish that all the people complaining about all the media coverage would just “shut up”. i’m quite sure if it was their own child which had been taken, they would want anything and everything, and i mean everything , to be done which could help to find their child. so please crawl back into the hole you came out of, and find something different to moan about!!
May 29th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
yes but i really don’t think anourmouse is offering opinions here, just moronic wide-ups. “behavior”… is anourmouse american? ah, this would explain everything. (incidentally, can behaviour really be deciphered here?)
May 29th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
No, I just went, “Meh, look at all those weirdos crying because the think it in some way affects them. Imagine getting caught up in a news non-story and taking it all personally!”
May 29th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
No, i was too young but i bet you cheered with joy
May 29th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Your behavior demonstrates the average drooling ghoul who laps up every aspect of this story. I bet you cried when Diana died too.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Its not called the Forum For Sick Losers either
May 29th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
No, don’t get rid of anourmouse, that’s the point of this site. Not everyone is going to share the same opinion and although some maybe offended by others, that’s life.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
It’s not called the Official McCann Sympathy Gravy Train Forum.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
anorak - can you get rid of anourmouse please?
May 29th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
The mannerisms are small things like the way she sits with her hands clenched on the seat or the bouncuy but clumsy way she walks.
I think mainly though the video is just to generate more publicity
May 29th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
He looks miserable because because he has to share this world with you Anourmouse
May 29th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
He looks miserable because he knows he’s going to either kill or sell his daughter.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
you take 3 kids under 4 on a bus then a plane, after trying to pack and get ready around a busy job and see how happy you look !
May 29th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Just watched that grainy video, no mannerisms on show here. Just a little girl sitting on a bus, not moving, not speaking and then tripping up on the aircraft steps. The only thing that struck me is how miserable Mr. McCann looks considering he’s off on holiday
May 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
don’t ignore the possibility that anourmouse may also own a sad little sole, in a fish tank. i suspect everything connected with anourmouse is very sad and very little.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
Thanks Kath!
May 29th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Yeah i’m sure that as soon as the McCanns found their daughter missing they thought Oh here’s an chance to have some fun, because of course thats what all parents would think!
Anourmouse on the other hand has thought- Oh look here is some people in misery, my chance to have some twisted idea of a joke.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
Intellectual snobbery of the worse kind anourmouse!! Who cares whether bla wrote sole or soul. We all knew what was meant!
May 29th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
There’s a difference between having a loose keyboard and not knowing the difference between “souls” and “soles”.
I think Anorak should make those Spam protection sums harder.
May 29th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
its spelt every you idiot
May 29th, 2007 at 11:59 am
It’s spelled “soul” you idiot.
May 29th, 2007 at 11:59 am
You’re a complete tabloid sheep if you honestly beleive that the News of the World is helping to bring her back. I could claim that wearing my lucky underpants ever day is helping to bring her back.
No way to disprove it.
May 29th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Anourmouse if someone kidnaps you the news will be full of chear! What a sad little sole you have.