A price to be paid
The WaPo’s Sleuth thinks she’s on to something here:
The make-up artist to the wannabe-stars is getting paid beaucoup bucks to make [John] McCain, 72, more telegenic.
Tifanie White, who reportedly has done makeup for the shows “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol,” was paid a total of $8,672.55 in September by the McCain-Palin campaign, according to the campaign’s latest monthly financial report filed this week with the Federal Election Commission. She was paid $5,583.43 the previous month, records show.
The idea, presumably, is to impress upon us how much money it takes to make John McCain presentable for television. Actually, it takes a ton of money to make anyone presentable for television, as noted by Deep Glamour:
White’s got a big list of credits and an Emmy nomination. As a union makeup artist, her day rate is around $550 for a 10 hour day. Her pay’s not even close to what a key artist, working on a feature film, could make. If that’s “beaucoup bucks,” the Post is in worse shape than I thought.
The Sleuth did do this much:
We asked McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers whether McCain was happy with the American Idol make-up artist’s work, and whether Ms. White also does makeup for McCain’s naturally telegenic vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin. Rogers replied via email, “No comment.”
Well unsaid, Mr Rogers. Where were you when this came out?
