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by RFP
Recently, Shia LeBeouf responded in the affirmative when a writer asked him if he had hooked up with Megan Fox on the set of the Transformers.
Details magazine, which featured LeBeouf on the cover of its latest issue, had no idea they would get such a mouth-watering revelation when they decided to throw the Transformers star onto their cover.
They were just hoping that an actor featured in a big summer spectacle that a ton of people will see would be enough of a draw to persuade a fraction of those moviegoers to buy their magazine or check out their website.
They weren't expecting the extra notoriety that LeBeouf's big mouth would bring them. In fact, if LeBeouf had said "no" to that question, it wouldn't even been included in the article. But a "yes" to banging Megan Fox is certain to bring loads of extra clicks to their website.
There's no doubt LeBeouf did what any other man would have done. He screamed from the highest mountain that he could find that he had sex with Fox. While most guys are limited in their bragging rights to their circle of friends, LeBeouf has all of mainstream media to listen to his gloating.
The timing of this bombshell is a bit questionable, as is the fact that he did it in the first place. I find it hard to believe that LeBeouf had never been asked this question before. That the publicity generated by his claims happens to coincide with his summer blockbuster seems like a primary motivation to draw attention to himself.
Believe it or not, Megan Fox's questionable sex life (she had sex with that dork Shia, while possibly, maybe not dating current husband, Brian Austin Green) also benefits her career. Her career hasn't exactly been on fire lately. But this statement means that whenever Fox is set to star in a new movie, she will be paraded around on numerous magazine covers because everyone will want to interview her about her side of the story.
It's a common practice to have a controversial or polarizing figure on magazine. Controversy brings publicity brings sales. Comic books aren't immune to this practice either.
For example, last week's news that an upcoming issue of Savage Dragon will feature Osama bin Laden on the cover and in the story was clearly a cry for attention. You can make the argument that it's all in good fun or whatever, but make no mistake, the added attention of a green bin Laden on the cover will increase sales if not awareness of the comic.
The story revolves around Osama bin Laden raising from dead as a monstrous Godzilla-esque creature who has been created by a radiation spill over the spot in the ocean where bin Laden's body was laid to rest.
This isn't the first time that Erik Larsen, creator of Savage Dragon, has had prominent political figures on his covers. John Kerry, George W. Bush, and President Obama have all been seen sharing the cover with the title's hero. In fact, this isn't the first time that bin Laden has been on the cover. The last time, Obama was delivering a blow for freedom, punch Osama in the mush.
You can blame most of this on the effect that Barack Obama's appearance on the cover of The Amazing Spider-Man. That issue become the most financially successful comic of the year, primarily for the cover.
I guess the point of this rambling, incoherent mess of an article is that sometimes an object's (or person's, I guess) outward appearance is enough to sell a product, regardless of what's featured on the inside.
If you enjoy Shia LeBeouf saying dumb things, then you'll love Megan Fox saying dumb things. Click here to leer at pics of Megan Fox and read her wisdom.
-RFP
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