CALL ME SNAKE

The thing I love most about PARADE Magazine (among the many things I love about PARADE Magazine) is that you can learn things from it that you cannot learn anywhere else. For instance, in yesterday’s issue there was a fascinating discourse on Amanda Peet’s hair color and style on the TV show “Studio 60,” which came close to being cancelled after a very brief run. “Amanda has the new look for brunettes,” a Hollywood “hair maven” commented. The style is called “paneling,” which evidently creates “the rich patina of wood panels.” I didn’t know this. In fact, I had no idea that so much thought and foresight went into a TV program. I don’t watch the show personally, but the article has made me think that if they had put as much effort into the scripts as they did into Amanda Peet’s hair, they might have actually produced a show that people want to watch.