Post by Dewey on Oct 9, 2008 14:46:52 GMT -5
((just copying it to its own thread so I can link to it from her MySpace))
SAMANTHA MARNER, FROM SWEET TO DEADLY?
It used to be that the only thing we had to worry about concerning cute video-blogger Samantha Marner was whether or not she’d ever tell her next door college-aged neighbor, Nick Caruso, of her undying love for him. An alarming video posted at 10:29 AM Monday morning suggests that Samantha has finally grown out of her tomboy ways, and in a way her fans would’ve never foreseen. Today alone, searches for “Samantha Marner” have skyrocketed 900% on sites such as Yahoo and Google, while news sources such as CNN and MSNBC are streamlining Samantha’s most recent video blog from their front pages. The video has already been played over a dozen times on major networks in France and over a handful of radio shows; across the seas in the States, TV personalities have chewed over the waywardness of France’s next generation all morning long, with talk shows like ‘The View’ issuing strong statements.
“Honestly, I’m not surprised,” chirped the show’s matriarch, Barbara Walters. “In Europe, children are far too audacious. They aren’t being raised with a strong hand anymore. This video is a credit to that. One minute you have a sweet, teenage girl bemoaning her love life’s failures. The next, she’s showcasing the weapons her hunter of a father supposedly collects? It’s a sad day when you realize just how un-innocent our children are.”
Samantha Marner became an overnight sensation with her blog “Samantha Explains Her Fall”, a spin off the popular Nickelodeon show from the 90’s “Clarissa Explains It All”. The name was born from the blog’s ‘pilot episode’, in which Samantha mourns the day’s clumsiness in front of her crush. The title went on to encompass Samantha’s general fall from and perpetual aspiration toward “the teenage dream”, which she defines as being popular, having a steady boyfriend, making the grades, and pleasing the “parental units”. In a typical entry, the blog opens with Samantha (or Sam, as she prefers) lying on her bed, journaling about Nick Caruso, the apparent love of her life. Finished with her diary, she realizes she’s being watched and proceeds to break the fourth wall (usually, “Oh, hey guys!”). For the duration of the entry, she discusses life’s current troubles, whether it’s best friend Allie’s decision to work at Burger King instead of at McDonald’s with Sam, or close friends Drake and Anna dropping out of high school to pursue the Parisian night life. She usually closes the entry with a witty line, and then promises to return next week to give her audience “more of the Marner.”
Today’s blog caused quite the fury, however, when Samantha Marner showed the world a side of her many didn’t know existed. In the video, we find Samantha in the basement of her house instead of in the bedroom wallpapered with posters of Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp and cluttered with Teddy Bears. The basement is dim at first, but Samantha turns on the lights one by one, and it becomes alarmingly apparent that she is surrounded by racks upon racks of guns. “This is my dad’s collection,” she tells us, motioning to the weapons around her. “He’s a hunter. Pretty cool, huh?” She gives us a thorough history of her “favorite pieces”, shows us how she weekly organizes the collection, and then gives a step-by-step proceeding of how to take apart, clean, and put back together a handgun. At the video’s end, she cheerily offers yet another witty closing, and promises to return, as always she does.
The Auvernha Police Department has already expressed concern with the video, and while thinkitblogit.com generally protects the identities of its members, negotiations are currently in order to help identify just exactly who Samantha Marner is. “The name is clearly an alias,” says Chief of Police Pierre Merlot. “What worries us is this girl’s living conditions. Is she in an abusive household? Is this father of hers really using those guns for hunting? Why is he sharing his knowledge of firearms with his young daughter?”
Fans have erected shrines for Samantha Marner all over the world wide web. Websites such as savesamantha.com and marnersavedmylife.com feature hundreds of posts on message boards, in which adolescents express their support for the twenty-year-old. “So she knows how to use a gun, so what,” writes FeministChick588. “Sam came through when other teenage melodramas couldn’t get enough of premarital sex, drugs, or alcohol. She proves that not all teenagers are ‘living la vida loca’ like the kids on 90210, The O.C, Gossip Girl, or One Tree Hill. She’s a strong leading lady in today’s world. People like her wit, her sarcasm, and how real she is. Instead of worrying why Sam enjoys cleaning guns, why don’t you worry about your bulimic daughter or your homophobic son?”
What penalties Samantha Marner will have to face hasn’t yet been decided. Originally a haven for material banned from other popular networking sites, thinkitblogit.com is already considering changing its online policies to protect its subscribers and its viewers. Meanwhile, the Auvernha Police Department is tirelessly searching the state for information leading to the identification of Samantha or any of the individuals mentioned in her blog.
SAMANTHA MARNER, FROM SWEET TO DEADLY?
It used to be that the only thing we had to worry about concerning cute video-blogger Samantha Marner was whether or not she’d ever tell her next door college-aged neighbor, Nick Caruso, of her undying love for him. An alarming video posted at 10:29 AM Monday morning suggests that Samantha has finally grown out of her tomboy ways, and in a way her fans would’ve never foreseen. Today alone, searches for “Samantha Marner” have skyrocketed 900% on sites such as Yahoo and Google, while news sources such as CNN and MSNBC are streamlining Samantha’s most recent video blog from their front pages. The video has already been played over a dozen times on major networks in France and over a handful of radio shows; across the seas in the States, TV personalities have chewed over the waywardness of France’s next generation all morning long, with talk shows like ‘The View’ issuing strong statements.
“Honestly, I’m not surprised,” chirped the show’s matriarch, Barbara Walters. “In Europe, children are far too audacious. They aren’t being raised with a strong hand anymore. This video is a credit to that. One minute you have a sweet, teenage girl bemoaning her love life’s failures. The next, she’s showcasing the weapons her hunter of a father supposedly collects? It’s a sad day when you realize just how un-innocent our children are.”
Samantha Marner became an overnight sensation with her blog “Samantha Explains Her Fall”, a spin off the popular Nickelodeon show from the 90’s “Clarissa Explains It All”. The name was born from the blog’s ‘pilot episode’, in which Samantha mourns the day’s clumsiness in front of her crush. The title went on to encompass Samantha’s general fall from and perpetual aspiration toward “the teenage dream”, which she defines as being popular, having a steady boyfriend, making the grades, and pleasing the “parental units”. In a typical entry, the blog opens with Samantha (or Sam, as she prefers) lying on her bed, journaling about Nick Caruso, the apparent love of her life. Finished with her diary, she realizes she’s being watched and proceeds to break the fourth wall (usually, “Oh, hey guys!”). For the duration of the entry, she discusses life’s current troubles, whether it’s best friend Allie’s decision to work at Burger King instead of at McDonald’s with Sam, or close friends Drake and Anna dropping out of high school to pursue the Parisian night life. She usually closes the entry with a witty line, and then promises to return next week to give her audience “more of the Marner.”
Today’s blog caused quite the fury, however, when Samantha Marner showed the world a side of her many didn’t know existed. In the video, we find Samantha in the basement of her house instead of in the bedroom wallpapered with posters of Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp and cluttered with Teddy Bears. The basement is dim at first, but Samantha turns on the lights one by one, and it becomes alarmingly apparent that she is surrounded by racks upon racks of guns. “This is my dad’s collection,” she tells us, motioning to the weapons around her. “He’s a hunter. Pretty cool, huh?” She gives us a thorough history of her “favorite pieces”, shows us how she weekly organizes the collection, and then gives a step-by-step proceeding of how to take apart, clean, and put back together a handgun. At the video’s end, she cheerily offers yet another witty closing, and promises to return, as always she does.
The Auvernha Police Department has already expressed concern with the video, and while thinkitblogit.com generally protects the identities of its members, negotiations are currently in order to help identify just exactly who Samantha Marner is. “The name is clearly an alias,” says Chief of Police Pierre Merlot. “What worries us is this girl’s living conditions. Is she in an abusive household? Is this father of hers really using those guns for hunting? Why is he sharing his knowledge of firearms with his young daughter?”
Fans have erected shrines for Samantha Marner all over the world wide web. Websites such as savesamantha.com and marnersavedmylife.com feature hundreds of posts on message boards, in which adolescents express their support for the twenty-year-old. “So she knows how to use a gun, so what,” writes FeministChick588. “Sam came through when other teenage melodramas couldn’t get enough of premarital sex, drugs, or alcohol. She proves that not all teenagers are ‘living la vida loca’ like the kids on 90210, The O.C, Gossip Girl, or One Tree Hill. She’s a strong leading lady in today’s world. People like her wit, her sarcasm, and how real she is. Instead of worrying why Sam enjoys cleaning guns, why don’t you worry about your bulimic daughter or your homophobic son?”
What penalties Samantha Marner will have to face hasn’t yet been decided. Originally a haven for material banned from other popular networking sites, thinkitblogit.com is already considering changing its online policies to protect its subscribers and its viewers. Meanwhile, the Auvernha Police Department is tirelessly searching the state for information leading to the identification of Samantha or any of the individuals mentioned in her blog.