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 Again,,,,,why???? September 15, 2002
Rick D. Barszcz (bristol, ct United States)
19 out of 33 found this review helpful
What do people, no pun intended, see in this magazine. Why are we into reading about other peoples lives. People that really have no meaning to us. And why have a magazine about people that for the most part are pretty degenerate and is usually just back-fence gossip?I think if people paid more attention to their own families and tried improving on that one aspect of life, magazines like this would go out of business. These magazines serve no real purpose,,,,and don't say entertainment! If you want entertainment read a book, watch the History channel, see a good clean movie. We seem to make heros out of bad people, poor politicians, money hungry lawyers. It's about time people get some real education, start thinking for themselves and forget about People Magazine.
 My Thoughts on People Magazine June 20, 2003
mst3k4evr (PA USA)
14 out of 33 found this review helpful
Back when I was a magazine freak and buying every magazine under the sun, one of the magazines I would buy was People Magazine. I would read the articles and cut out the pictures I like and put them in scrapbooks.Now the only time that I buy an issue of People is when there is either someone on the cover that I want to read about or when it's one of their special issues like 50 Most Beautiful People, the year-end issues, or my two favorites (as well as the favorites of nearly every woman in these United States), the Eligible Bachelor and the Sexiest Man Alive issues. One of my favorite parts of the magazine is the letters section, called "Mailbox". I love to read what other people have to say about the articles in the issue from two weeks earlier. I also like the Passages section and the crossword puzzle. But the reason that I have given this four stars is because some of the stories just plain bore me, like the human-interest stories. If I want to read human-interest stories, I'll read the newspaper. I just want my celebrity stories. That's all I care about. For a magazine that is supposed to be nothing but fluff, they sure have a lot of depressing stories. But what do I expect, it *is* called People, after all.
 The fun scoop on your favorite stars October 26, 2001
Lucy D. Robinson (Mercer Island, WA USA)
13 out of 23 found this review helpful
Celebrities and gossip, you either love it or you hate it. What I like about People Magazine is that it's tasteful and doesn't JUST focus on the entertainment industry, but real people too. Granted, the top 50's don't seem to include the average joe, but that's what sells magazines. The stories that are told about people around the world who have overcome adversity, or made a great life for themselves in a unique way, or have suffered an emotional loss, are well written and interesting reading. I thought it might be cheesy to spend so much money on a subscription but when I look at my magazine rack, it appears I'm buying them every week anyway, so why not save a boatload of money and buy online!
Cultural Detritus August 16, 2005
Kavity Killer (denver, colorado United States)
11 out of 24 found this review helpful
Any sophistocated culture can be thought of, loosely, as an organism. The culture has has various discrete elements which more or less work in conjunction to create the overall tone and feeling of the culture. The culture takes in information and produces many beautiful and interesting objects and works of art. But, like any organism, after taking in nutrients, stripping away the useful elements, and outputting productively, there is a certain amount of useless inert matter leftover which must be excreted...
Ladies and Gentleman, I give you People Magazine!!!!
One of life's guilty pleasures December 23, 2001
mirope (Seattle, Washington)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Oh, why not just go ahead and subscribe? Over the years I've let my subscription lapse several times, but I always renew it because I just end up buying the damn thing at the grocery check-out. Nothing in this magazine is going to improve the quality of your life; it's pure escapism. The Oscar coverage, the best/worst dressed, the sexiest man alive...who can resist? It takes me about 30 minutes to read it cover to cover every Saturday, but it's always a pleasant 30 minutes. Sometimes I get a little tired of the public relations-placed celebrity coverage (the "50 most beautiful people" being the worst offender). While they generally stick to the fluff they do best, the editors can rise to the occasion - their fabulous 9/11 coverage did a great job of addressing both the individual losses and the emotional impact on the whole nation.
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