Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Natascha Kampusch: from darkness to limelight...

She has a sense of humour, that's the first surprise. Her manager, the third in two years, has spent months preparing us for the worst. Not long ago, she'd get through a whole day without uttering two words. Things are better now but she has her whims, her caprices. The question “Did you ever feel lonely” once sent her marching off a television set. That's what she does when she doesn't like a question. If she doesn't like you, and this is apparently especially liable if you are a woman, it's “no comment” five times in a row.

Somehow, we're on the subject of advertising. “Nobody's asked me to appear in a commercial,” Natascha Kampusch says in her precise, elevated German. “But I assume that advertising companies are looking for people who embody something positive. And what could I advertise after eight years in a cellar? Some sort of special dry cement mix?” Her manager laughs the long laugh of a man who is relieved that finally something is going according to plan. Kampusch just sits there, composed, smiling secretively to herself and sipping daintily at a cup of tea. More...

See also: Amstetten:Elisabeth Fritzl taught maths and grammar...
And this: The Fritzl victims in Amstetten: the future looks bleak...

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