Rejected by the NYT Weddings Editors? Fake Law Firm Fights for YOU!
As ATL’s resident expert on the New York Times weddings section, we hear all the time from bewildered couples who didn’t make it into the paper. And they’re hurting.
No matter how raucous the reception or how passionate the wedding night, when the mother of the bride rips open the Sunday Styles section and realizes that her bridge club isn’t reading about her little princess — well, the ensuing bitterness and second-guessing can cast a pall over the whole weekend (and, in some cases, the whole marriage).
These are real families, experiencing real heartbreak. And now, a fake law firm offers to help. Via the Village Voice, we received a video advertisement for a firm that offers to “sue the New York Times so hard for you” — and collect cash, an apology, and maybe even a court order placing your announcement in the paper.
The Voice’s Runnin’ Scared blog predicts, “Since the ice has been broken, expect a class action suit any day.”
The amusing video, after the jump.
We’re a little unclear about the potential basis for a fake lawsuit here. Probably something about section 90 of the Restatement of Contracts.
(For those of you hoping to avoid the sting of NYT rejection, here are the paper’s wedding announcement submission guidelines. They’re quite lengthy, but we suggest that you learn them by heart — especially the part about your eyebrows being on exactly the same level.)
Fake Law Firm Fights for Your Right to Appear in Times Wedding Section [The Village Voice]
Glinder and Glinder Will Fight for Your Wedding Announcement [YouTube]
How to Submit an Announcement [The New York Times]
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I guess this means latinas who draw their eyebrows on will never get in the NYT wedding section.
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if the whole point of that is to suggest that being in the NYT wedding section is gay (yeah I said it), then I guess it's kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind of humorous, although the real star is the guy's mustache.
How this blog has fallen....
slow news day? don't you guys have summer program perks (or lack thereof) to report on?
Lin, you suck. If I ever meet you, I'm gunna smack a bitch!
Wouldn't it have made sense for Laurie Leww to post on this?
NYTTT
Wouldn't it have made sense for Laurie Leww to post on this?
NYTTT
related reading:
http://nytimesweddings.blogspot.com/
If the nyt rejected me I would be grateful for being spared the wrath of the douches on this site.
Would the NYT publish the wedding of a mere Legal Peon?
Zug Zug!
the NYT only allows jews into their wedding section. and ugly fukkin ones at that.
Laurie,
This wedding crap is the worst shit on ATL. Please fire yourself.
Thanks,
ME
This is just... stupid. Apparently you got more hits on the website because I clicked on it. But it's still ridiculously supid. Yay for you.
I disagree with the assertion that the people in the NYT weddings section are real people.
Laurie Lin is a stupid person and a bad writer. She sucks and should quit! Fire Lin!
Laurie Lin is a stupid person and a bad writer. She sucks and should quit! Fire Lin!
That was a damn funny video. Nice job
What about lawyers who are featured in the NY Times but weren't featured on ATL. Can we sue too?
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Agreed.