The comparison between Beyonce and Diana Ross [“Diva-Come-Lately,” August 15] is uncanny. But you, my friend, are the biggest idiot out there. Why not talk about all the benefits Diana is doing or her influence on other artists? There were two books that came out this year that you should have read. But you’re a tabloid journalist with no investigating skills. Take this article and wipe your ass with it, because you are a piece of shit.
Rick Rodrigues
Castro Valley, California
This article appears in Aug 22-28, 2007.
Still another passionate Diana Ross fan from southern Cali! Along with earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires and drunken celebrities terrorizing the roads, it’s one more reason why we’re glad the Midwest is far away from you. Now, to your letter…I didn’t know that pieces of shit had asses. Is this a SoCal variation of the chicken-or-the-egg riddle? In any case, my friend, while your logic is shaky, at least you have a quasi-admirable command of grammar and spelling, which is more than I can say for the other Miss Ross sycophants who previously attacked Scene and their story. As for your point that the writer should have read two books – what two books? Even if he had, it would not have mattered, though, because the article was not a Diana Ross biography or a retrospective of her body of work. It was mainly a tongue-in-cheek list (backed by facts) of what Beyonce needs to do to reach Diana Ross-like diva status. I guess you and the other SoCal fans didn’t get the joke(although you certainly know how to elect one for governor). Finally, regarding those facts the writer used, sorry that they were so upsetting; perhaps you can join a Diana Ross fan club and have access to all the sanitized truth that your heart desires.