And in the world of "Are you serious?" today...
Late this afternoon, I saw the weirdest headline: Anne of Green Gables gets blonde makeover in new cover.
Umm, what? So yes, it turns out that Canada's venerable young heroine, beloved by generations, recognized instantly for her characteristic red hair...the Americans turned her into a sexy, farmer's daughteresque blonde? It turns out that this platform owned by Amazon.com created this cover, and it's just about the most ridiculous thing I've seen in ages.
If you've read Anne of Green Gables or any of the books, or seen the TV series, or hell, just have *heard* of them, you know that Anne is a red head; so much so, that the red hair can almost be called a character unto itself!
If you're wondering why this is worth the attention it's getting, it's simple: some moron in marketing at a subsidiary of a mega-uber-corporation cynically sold out one of the most recognizable and beloved heroines to earn the wrong kind of money. The Venn diagram has minutely little overlap between those who will pick up these books to read because they are classics, and those who will pick up these books because some hot babe is on the cover. I'd almost feel sorry for the dudes who decided to read the books because of the hot babe on the cover, only to discover there is nothing sexual or sexy about these stories if I didn't see how utterly unlikely it is that this would happen.
Has the cover designer even heard of these books?
Amazon...WTF? Consider me confused.
An explanation...
...Wish you were here.
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