Worth a giggle -- Fabio and NASCAR
THE COLBERT REPORT
NASCAR has entered into a licensing agreement allowing Harlequin to publish steamy novels with racing themes, with titles like Into the Groove and Dangerous Curves. This is a terrible idea. NASCAR is one of the final frontiers of male bonding, where the love of speed and horrible car accidents draws men to together to drink beer and high-five. The only women who should be allowed into this holy speedway are the ones willing to be turned into meaningless objects to be leered at by gearheads. Hey, Harlequin, we don't drive racecars through your wildflower meadows. Don't put Fabio in our firesuits.
Unfortunately, there are things you just don't make up...
So you think both NASCAR and Harlequin really think this is a match made in heaven? Who wants to read a romance set in the race pit? Have you checked out the guys who go to the races? Most of the ones I know leave their families behind for a weekend of unchecked "fun"
posted by Lexi Carter @ 3:36 PM
2 Comments:
This is too funny! Do they not realize that there are TONS of women who are diehard NASCAR fans and would take great offense to being told they can only be there to be leered at? I know more female racing fans than I do male fans. Hmmm. I'm not a racing fan myself and couldn't care less about it... So for me that pairing of Hquin and NASCAR won't appeal. But I'll bet lots of women will love the concept!
I'm not a race fan. If I want to watch cars drive around in circles, I'll go to a crowded shopping mall during the holidays. That said, I know a lot of women who love NASCAR. They are huge fans of drivers the way that I'm a fan of football or baseball players. The setting might not appeal to me, but I can see authors successfully placing romance stories in the NASCAR world -- and finding readers who will respond.
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