Take it from someone who spends just as much time pouring through the pages of Advertising Age as surfing gossip blogs, there was NO bigger scandal in 2006 than Julie Roehm’s unceremonious ouster from her position as CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) at Wal-Mart. Considering the salaciousness of the source material (Roehm left Bentonville in disgrace amidst swirling allegations of illegal bribes and “fraternizing” with her subordinates), I was incredibly surprised when this story didn’t gather any steam in any mainstream media¹, let alone turn into a made for TV movie. ESPECIALLY considering that the one, undeniable fact about this entire bedroom meets boardroom brouhaha is that Unruly Julie is this: Homegirl is Built. For. Speed!

I mean, just look at her. Blonde hair. Blue eyes. Beaming smile. And, by most (off-the-record) accounts, she’s got the kind of gams that make men stop in their path and stare. Mix in the other key ingredients of her personality (cunningly charismatic, fiercely intelligent), and BAM! What you’ve got on your hands is a living, breathing incarnation of Meredith Johnson. And that, my fine feathered friends, makes her classy AND sexy. Hollaback.

¹ UPDATE (2.5.2007): It seems like the mainstream media is just now starting to catch onto this story. There’s a HUGE feature on Unruly Julie in this week’s New York Magazine, in which she’s simultaneously labeled as a “femme fatale” and “by New York standards, Rachael Ray as a midwestern business executive.” DEVELOPING!

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