Paris the Heiress: An Unauthorized Parody [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; illustrated edition edition (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740748084
• ISBN-13: 978-0740748080
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,525,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a sad world we live in..., August 19, 2006

By	W. Sue "LnGwStX" (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

It IS sad that we live in a world where its ok to make a profit totally at the expense of another person. Or people. Like, Mexican people, for example, where American factories are paying Mexican workers not enough to live, then shippiong the products to the US and exporting them back to Mexico again and selling them at import prices, so the workers who made them now can't afford to buy them, or anything else, for that matter, except rice and tortillas.

I think it is also sad that we live in a world where someone is so celebrted for being shallow and mediocre, if (debatably) pretty. She's famous for being famous, as the description here says. What did she ever do to earn the money? Her life story is the very epitome of what is wrong with our society -- that she could be paid so much money for doing nothing except indulging her every whim, while we pay those Mexican factory workers $1.25 an hour to work themselves arthritic.

I don't know Paris, she may actually be very different from how she portrays herself in the media, but I DO know those factory workers (some of them), and they are good, honest people who are getting the short end of the stick because we worship the fantasy of being Paris Hilton and don't pay any mind to the cost to the millions of people at the bottom of the totem pole whose misfortunes are the bricks which hold those few elite in their coveted positions. So, yeah, a little paradoxical humor at Paris's expense is warranted, in my opinion, because she spends more money on a party in a single night than millions of families have in an entire year to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical expenses, or education.

I'm more a Jolie fan (if I were into that sort of thing), because she proves an active interest in other human beings by using her fame and fortune to benefit other people. But it is true that Paris is the person people love to hate. She chooses to be that person -- whatever else she may be, she's not stupid. She knows how people see her, and she plays the role, because it keeps her famous. No, I don't feel bad for her. I don't hate her either. But I am amused at this joke at her expense. She of all people can afford it, after all; she IS a millionaire.

8 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bully tactics, January 4, 2006

By	raggedyandy "Rex" (England) - See all my reviews

I think it's sad we live in a world where it's OK to make a product totally at the expense of another person.

I like Paris Hilton - and I have a lot of self esteem thank you.

0 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very funny!, June 3, 2005

By	Eric Kent (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Cute title.

People who like Paris Hilton have low self esteem.

this is a very funny book.